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Naval “Reichskriegsflagge” War Flag (32912)

$895.00

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Description

It is stamped “Kr. Fl. 80 x 135” cm and “Lorenz Summa Sohne Oberkotzau”.  These flags were introduced on 7 November 1935 and served as the Kriegsmarine naval ensign.  They were hoisted on flag days regardless of the location of the ship. The dates used were:  1 January (New Year), 18 January (founding day of the German Empire in 1871), 30 January (“Day of National Survey”), 20 April (Adolf Hitler’s birthday), 1 May (“Labour Day”) and 31 May (anniversary of the Battle of Jutland in World War I). In addition, ships in home waters had to hoist the Reichskriegsflagge on 1 March (commemorating the 1935 reintegration of the Territory of the Saar Basin into Germany), 29 August (the day of the founding of the Prussian Navy in 1859), the first Sunday after Michaelmas and the day of the harvest festival. Regardless of these days, all warships that received a head of state were obliged to show the Reichskriegsflagge.  The width and the course of the black stripes were changed somewhere around December 1937.  MINT condition

Additional information

Weight 2 lbs
Dimensions 12 × 9 × 4 in