National emblem of East Germany

National Emblem of East Germany
ArmigerGerman Democratic Republic
Adopted26 September 1955
Relinquished3 October 1990
ShieldGules and a hammer and compass
SupportersEars of wheat
Other elementsRibbons in the colours of the German flag

The national emblem of East Germany was used to represent the German Democratic Republic from 1955 until German reunification. It featured a hammer and compass surrounded by a ring of wheat, an example of socialist heraldry. It was the only heraldic device of a European socialist state with a ring of grain which does not contain a red star.

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