There are w h o l e books written for destiny sea captains a n d pilots which are dedicated to explaining the form, colour, a n d positioning of many of the naval flags. S e a m e n brought the concept that of "flagging" before everything of the m o d e r n period as a w a y of differentiating the exhibit of naval flags from that of alternative varieties. The English h a v e e m p l o y e d naval flags in view that 1 6 four zero . within the G e r m a n - s p e a okay i n g states their use dates again to at least one 7 three 2 w h e n pilots within the Baltic a d o p t e d the t e r m "flagging" to explain the m e s s a g e s c o n v e y e d b y m e a n s of flags. T h e c o m p l e x strategy of ship-to-ship a n d ship-to-shore c o m m u ­ nication g r a d u a l l y g a v e upward thrust to the d e v e l o p m e n t of a worldly The Triumph of Propaganda a n d s t a n d a r d i z e d flag " l a n g u a g e " for the p u r p o s e of retaining ships a t sea out of h a r m ' s manner. A dialogue of the m a okay e u p of flags b e c o m e s a unstable subject w h e n e v e r w e speak about symbols that symbolize a political ideol­ o g y or regime. the 1st d o c u m e n t e d connection with G e r m a n flag cus­ t o m s a n d etiquette d a t e s b a c ok to the e i g h t e e n t h century. T h e d o z e n s u p o n dozens of small G e r m a n states dressed their ships with m a s t h e a d flags within the livery colours in their respective rulers. After 1 eight four eight the black-red-gold flag w a v e d from the m a s t s of Ger­ m a n ships. H o w e v e r , it w a s now not r e c o g n i z e d universally at the seven seas as a logo of sovereignty. The British g o v e r n m e n t , actually, brought a proper notice to the G e r m a n Confederation mentioning that Britain w o u l d v i e w the Confederation's ships as pirates in the event that they sailed into British w a t e r s with out flying the sovereign flag of the respective federation member. In "Dreaming of a Fleet" Ferdinand Freiligrath, Germany's poet of freedom, symbolized the unification of those n u m e r o u s small states right into a unmarried geographical region as black-red-gold s t o r m c l o u d s g a r l a n d e d around the world's oceans: Wave now unfastened Black purple and Gold from each mast And flag pole ringing the land! the sea has festooned itself In millions of pennants, oh flag as soon as reviled. ^ A unmarried flag embracing all m e m b e r s of the N o r t h G e r m a n C o n ­ federation existed simply after 1866. Bismarck decreed it w a s to be the Black-White-Red, simply because this mixture of colours "repre­ sented not just the black a n d white of Prussia however the purple a n d white of the H a n s a towns a n d Holstein, i. e. , the most important n u m b e r of non-Prussian ships:"^ The Black-White-Red flies proudly from our ship's mast. The flag flies within the face of the enemies who threaten it. Who hate its shades. It waves from side to side within the wind alongside the facet of the send, and much from the cherished native land upon storm-tossed seas. We pledge our loyalty to it. trustworthy unto demise. We commit our lifestyles to the flag, to the Black and White and purple.