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The Reichsadler, i. e. the German Imperial Eagle, originated from a proto-heraldic emblem that was believed to have been used by Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler whom the Pope crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800, and derived ultimately from the Aquila, i. e. eagle standard, of the ancient Roman army.
The Quaternion Eagle (1510, from woodcut by Hans Burgkmair and Jost de Negker). The Quaternion Eagle [needs IPA] (German: Quaternionenadler; Italian: aquila quaternione), also known as the Imperial Quaternion Eagle (German: Quaternionen-Reichsadler) [1] [2] or simply Imperial Eagle (German: Reichsadler), [a] was an informal coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire.
Since the accession (1990) of the states that used to form the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Eagle has been the symbol of the reunified Germany.. Official depictions of the eagle can be found not only in the federal coat of arms but also on the federal institutions flag, the standard of the president of Germany and official seals.
By the late medieval period, in German heraldry the eagle developed into a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire, and thus became comparatively rare outside of coats of arms derived from the Imperial Eagle. The Imperial Eagle was and is denominated the Reichsadler. The first evidence of the use of the double-headed Imperial Eagle dates to the mid ...
The black eagle, with red beak and claws, displayed on a gold shield, is also displayed on the German government flag. The imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, similarly, was a black eagle displayed on a gold shield, but it usually had two heads, whereas modern German state heraldic displays feature a single-headed eagle.
Ältestes Nürnberger Stadtsiegel mit Königskopfadler, um 1200 The three-pass coat of arms of the Nuremberg city arms, around 1700: double-headed imperial eagle and both Nuremberg city arms, large coat of arms with king-head eagle, transformed into a virgin eagle from the middle of the 15th century, and small coat of arms with a split shield ...
German decorations of the First World War were those medals, ribbons, and other decorations bestowed upon German soldiers, sailors, pilots and also for civilians, during the First World War. These special awards were awarded by both Imperial Germany and various German Kingdoms and other states and city-states of the Reich.
The French Imperial Eagle was a figure of an eagle on a staff carried into battle by the Grande Armée of Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. In Nazi Germany , also referred to as the Third Reich , the SS used vexilloids which they marched with in street parades and at the Nuremberg rallies .