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The Bundeswehr insignia consists of cockade in the federal colours black-red-gold above the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) branch of service badge consisting of crossed swords for Heer (Army).
The German Army (Heer) is the land component of the armed forces of Germany.
The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine (German Navy) and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force).
West Germany (Westdeutschland) is the term used to describe the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, Bundesrepublik Deutschland) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification of Germany through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990.
