Comments on: German Retro Shirts http://www.retrofootieshirts.co.uk/germany-retro-shirts/ Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: edd http://www.retrofootieshirts.co.uk/germany-retro-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-199 edd Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:32:44 +0000 http://www.retrofootieshirts.co.uk/?p=675#comment-199 The Germany nation is made up of three separate states Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria. The Prussian flag is white & black (Germany's home kit colours) and the Saxony Flag is green and white (Germany's away colours). The Bavarian flag is blue and white but it is not used even as a third strip. One urban myth that you may hear is that Germany wear a green away shirt as a mark of respect to the Irish national team, who it is claimed was the first team to play Germany after WW2... it's not true The Germany nation is made up of three separate states Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria. The Prussian flag is white & black (Germany’s home kit colours) and the Saxony Flag is green and white (Germany’s away colours). The Bavarian flag is blue and white but it is not used even as a third strip.

One urban myth that you may hear is that Germany wear a green away shirt as a mark of respect to the Irish national team, who it is claimed was the first team to play Germany after WW2… it’s not true

]]> By: Keith Schmidbauer http://www.retrofootieshirts.co.uk/germany-retro-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Keith Schmidbauer Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:34:29 +0000 http://www.retrofootieshirts.co.uk/?p=675#comment-198 i see the reasoning for white black and red but why green? i see the reasoning for white black and red but why green?

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