Marcos Soldera

“but previously part of Germany. As Paul Levy, who was then Head of Information and who actually drew up the final design, explains: ‘The Germans were against fifteen because that would suggest a politically independent entity. They proposed fourteen. That was unacceptable to the Saarland. The French proposed thirteen, an Italian said, “Yes, but thirteen is unlucky.” So they adopted twelve to be symbolic of everyone.”
― Tim Marshall, Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags