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Product Description: This Kriegsflagge is an outstanding example of this desirable National War Flag. This one is the 80 x 135 size, large enough to be impressive but still very displayable- considered by many collectors to be the ideal size. It does not appear to have ever been flown, and presents much as it must have on the day it was made. The typical woven wool fabric shows no moth holes or other damage. The printed colors remain strong and bright on both sides, with almost no toning from age. The white header is textbook construction and material and is well marked, with the maker “LOH” and size numerals stamped in black ink. The corner ropes on the hoist end are complete and intact, held in place with the original factory stitching. Even the reinforcement stitching on the flag itself remains bright and perfect. This clean and pristine Kriegsflagge has an impressive look with outstanding visible appeal. It would likely be impossible to upgrade. It is in outstanding, near mint condition.
Historical Description: The red flag with white central disk and black swastika was introduced by Hitler in the 1920s as the flag of the National Socialist political party. In 1933, shortly after the Nazis took power, this party flag was recognized alongside the black-white-red Imperial tricolor as one of Germany’s national flags. In 1935, the use of the tricolor flag was discontinued, and between September 1935 and May 8, 1945, the Nazi party flag was the sole national flag of Germany. From its creation in the 1920s through the end of the war, this swastika flag was made and used in endless variations, from the massive banners hung at Party Day rallies to small pennants, bunting flags, and hand-held paper flags distributed along parade routes. These flags, banners and pennants flew from ships, were hung from official and private buildings, and were displayed outside business and private homes. At the end of WWII, the Allied military governments abolished the use of all Nazi symbols, including the national flag. Most Third Reich era German national flags were simply destroyed.
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