page_title: Vehicle registration plates of the German Democratic Republic
section_title: Diplomatic & Foreign National
hierarchical_section_title: Vehicle registration plates of the German Democratic Republic / Special Plates / Diplomatic & Foreign National
caption_attribution_description: English: US security policemen salute a passing vehicle with white on red vehicle registration plate "CD 57-06" at Checkpoint Charlie, the allied entry point into East Berlin.
context_page_description: East German vehicle registration plates were issued in the former German Democratic Republic between 1953 and 1990. Vehicles whose cylinder capacity was less than 50 cm³ were exempt from registration.
  The plates remained legal until the end of 1993, when all vehicles had to be re-registered to the West German system.
context_section_description: Vehicles belonging to diplomats and embassy staff were issued plates which featured white alphanumerics on a reddish-brown background, whilst those of foreign nationals were the more familiar white-on-blue. In both cases, the two-letter prefix identified the vehicle's function, whilst the first two digits indicated the country it belonged to. Diplomatic plates always began with the letter C, whilst those assigned to foreigners were prefixed with Q.
  The following table lists these prefixes:
  List of numerical embassy codes:
caption: Mercedes-Benz bearing plates for the West German diplomatic mission crosses Checkpoint Charlie.
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