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{{Information |Description={{en|1=East Prussia Official Flag (1882-1935)}} |Source=Own work by uploader |Author=Peter Loeser |Date=6/23/2008 |Permission= |other_versions= }} This was the administrative flag of East Prussia {{ImageUpload|full}}