Question
Define the the significance of the following attributes:
(i) Broken chains.
(ii) Breast-plate with eagle.
(iii) Crown of oak leaves.
(iv) Sword (hold by a soldier).
(v) Olive branch around the sword.
(vi) Black, red and gold tricolour.
(vii) Rays of the rising sun.
Solution
Significance:
(i) Being freed.
(ii) Symbol of the German empire-strength.
(iii) Heroism.
(iv) Readiness to fight.
(v) Willingness to make peace.
(vi) Flag of the liberal-nationalists in 1848, banned by the Dukes of the German states.
(vii) Beginning of a new era.
