Here is picture of typical German war flag
Pretty much every Prussian or German unit had cross or iron cross of some kind in their flag. In some cases it was different one like this (in my opinion ugly) flag
Sometimes, it was very vague cross shape, only formed by decorations
But flags always had crosses of some kind.
Considering how important Christianity was back then, and how 1st Foot guards of Imperial Guard called themselves "most noble regiment of Christendom", what are the reasons for not having any sort of cross on flag of Imperial guard units? Almost every nation at the time had some sort of cross in their flags. United Kingdom had 2 or 3 crosses and Union jack was part of most unit flags, French before revolution had cross shaped battle flags, Russians, Finnish, Swedish, Norweigian, Danish, Bulgarian and huge punch of other nations all incorporated cross or crosses of some kind in their battle flags - why was Prussian Guard the expection? It was not only expection, there were other flags without crosses, but one would think that in Christian nation in times when Christianity was important in imperial guard who primed themselves as best of the best - why is cross or other Christian symbol missing when it is present in almost everywhere else? This was not medieval ages when lot of Christians used non-cross designs as their coat of arms and thus flags. This was not flag meant to represent wide variety of people. Regimental flags in general had huge amount of detailed decorations - why was Prussian guard flag less decorated and more simplified than regular infantry flag? This was not 2017, back then it was important for elite units to wear as decorated uniforms, flags and insignia as possible.
Or is there just no particular reason for it? Sometimes there is no particular reason for it and it could be just tradition or something. But usually there is a reason of some kind.
Also, does Bundeswehr have regimental flags? What do they look like? Bundeswehr is not biggest fan of all traditions
Pretty much every Prussian or German unit had cross or iron cross of some kind in their flag. In some cases it was different one like this (in my opinion ugly) flag
Sometimes, it was very vague cross shape, only formed by decorations
But flags always had crosses of some kind.
Considering how important Christianity was back then, and how 1st Foot guards of Imperial Guard called themselves "most noble regiment of Christendom", what are the reasons for not having any sort of cross on flag of Imperial guard units? Almost every nation at the time had some sort of cross in their flags. United Kingdom had 2 or 3 crosses and Union jack was part of most unit flags, French before revolution had cross shaped battle flags, Russians, Finnish, Swedish, Norweigian, Danish, Bulgarian and huge punch of other nations all incorporated cross or crosses of some kind in their battle flags - why was Prussian Guard the expection? It was not only expection, there were other flags without crosses, but one would think that in Christian nation in times when Christianity was important in imperial guard who primed themselves as best of the best - why is cross or other Christian symbol missing when it is present in almost everywhere else? This was not medieval ages when lot of Christians used non-cross designs as their coat of arms and thus flags. This was not flag meant to represent wide variety of people. Regimental flags in general had huge amount of detailed decorations - why was Prussian guard flag less decorated and more simplified than regular infantry flag? This was not 2017, back then it was important for elite units to wear as decorated uniforms, flags and insignia as possible.
Or is there just no particular reason for it? Sometimes there is no particular reason for it and it could be just tradition or something. But usually there is a reason of some kind.
Also, does Bundeswehr have regimental flags? What do they look like? Bundeswehr is not biggest fan of all traditions
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