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Deutsche Pfadfinderflaggen

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Union of Girl- and Boy-Scouts (Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder; BdP)

Union of Girl- and Boy-Scouts was founded in 1976. Operating in whole Germany, it is the largest interreligious, co-educational Scout association in the country. It is organized in three sections according to members' age, each with a proper flag:
1) Wolf Cubs (Wölflinge) - ages 7 to 11
2) Girl- and Boy-Scouts (Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder) - ages 12 to 16
3) Ranger Guides and Rover Scouts (Ranger und Rover) - ages 16 to 25
Sources: English WIKIPEDIA and German WIKIPEDIA (more details)
Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015

BdP Flags

BdP Scout Flag

[BdP Scout Flag] image by Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015

This flag, which is also used by the association as a whole, displays a gold and blue fleur-de-lys over a gold trefoil, all on blue field.
Source: this photo
Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015

BdP Wolf Cub Flag

[BdP Wolf Cub Flag] image by Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015

Wolf Cubs use yellow flag with black wolf head caboshed.
Source: this photo
Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015

BdP Rover and Ranger Flag

[BdP Rover and Ranger Flag] image by Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015

This flag is red, charged with a complex emblem: a diamond with outer blue and inner yellow borders, divided blue and red with a yellow vertical wavy line and charged with two letters R, red on blue field and blue on red field, both fimbriated yellow and placed against one another, so as been rotated for 180 degrees around the centre of emblem.
Source: this photo
Tomislav Todorović, 31 October 2015


St. George Scouts

[St. George Scouts] image by Michael Schopp, 24 Oct 2003

I would like to contribute the flag of the German (Catholic) St. George Scouts (Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg).
DPSG has approx. 100,000 members. It was founded in 1929, prohibited by Hitler in 1938, and newly founded in 1946.
St. George's flag is combined with a blue symbol that is a merger of the Christian cross with a fleur-de-lys which I think is a quite interesting combination of two symbols.
Source: this photo
Michael Schopp, 24 Oct 2003

It's been pointed out here that the symbol is a combination of the Scouting fleur-de-lys with this group's distinctive hat (formerly worn by US Scouts too, I think). The overall impression is a cross.
Nathan Lamm, 24 Oct 2003

I was a member of German St. George Scouts and in our tribe, we considered the symbol as fleur-de-lys with scout hat. But I do not have an official written description of the symbol.
J. Patrick Fischer, 24 Oct 2003


Association of Christian Girl- and Boy-Scouts

[Association of Christian Girl- and Boy-ScoutsScouts] image by Tomislav Todorović, 12 Jan 2016

The association flag is blue with the large emblem outlined in white. The emblem consists of the cross, superimposed over a fleur-de-lys, which in turn is superimposed over a trefoil. These three charges clearly represent Christianity, Scouting and Guiding. The size of emblem may vary somewhat, as well as the shade of blue. Association of Christian Girl- and Boy-Scouts (Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder; VCP) is a German Protestant co-educational Scout association. It was founded in 1973 by fusion of three smaller Protestant Scouts' associations in the then West Germany. Since 1990, it also operates in the former East Germany as well.
Sources:
English WIKIPEDIA
German WIKIPEDIA (more details)
association's webpage
this photo and this photo
Tomislav Todorović, 12 Jan 2016


Union of Muslim Girl- and Boy-Scouts of Germany

[Scouts] image by Tomislav Todorović, 31 Jan 2016

The flag is white, ratio about 2:3, charged with large emblem of the association in center. The emblem consists of a green star over a red fleur-de-lys, which is placed over a green trefoil, all encircled with a green crescent charged with the abbreviation B.M.P.P.D. in white. The whole device is placed within a green frame in form of a diamond with rounded corners. The charges clearly stand for Islam (star and crescent), Boy-Scouting (fleur-de-lys) and Girl-Scouting (trefoil). The design may be partly inspired by the one used by associations of Christian Scouts (see above), with which the Union of Muslim Scouts of Germany closely cooperates.
Union of Muslim Girl- and Boy-Scouts of Germany (Bund Moslemischer Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Deutschlands; BMPPD) was established in 2010. Its goal is to help Muslim children, most of whom come from immigrant families, to integrate better into the German society, while preserving their Muslim identity, all of that to be achieved through the Scouting activities, including cooperation with other associations of Scouts in Germany.
Sources:
German WIKIPEDIA
union's webpage
this photo
Tomislav Todorović, 31 Jan 2016


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