NSKK Vehicle Pennant

Product Description: This NSKK Vehicle Pennant has a bold look, and displays extremely well. This is a standard form for a vehicle pennant, with black leather edging. The pennant itself is made of a thin red cotton fabric, which retains bright original color. It’s double sided. Both sides are adorned with a large, full color, machine woven NSKK eagle and swastika organizational emblem, which is very detailed. These emblems are affixed to the red body of the pennant with rows of neatly executed chain stitching. The condition of the fabric is extremely nice, with only light, typical toning to the Bevo woven NSKK roundels. The lower corner of this pennant once had a rope to affix it to a vehicle, but this has been cut off. The clip at the top corner is still present, and is steel, with some corrosion. There is also some wear to the leather at the tip of the pennant, as well as typical slight surface cracking to the leather on the header end. Overall, this scarce and desirable NSKK Vehicle Pennant is in excellent condition.

Historical Description: During the Third Reich and WWII, a wide variety of flags and pennants were used on German cars and vehicles. In the military, vehicle flags and pennants were used to indicate branch or rank, or specific command roles. The various civilian organizations also had vehicle flags and pennants for members of their organization or to denote the vehicles of officers, leaders, or people in specific roles. Even political leaders had their own flags, which were often rank specific. Some of the flags, especially military ones, were simply printed, and some were machine woven or stitched, while the flags for political leaders and the highest-ranking military personnel were more decorative and often elaborately hand embroidered in bullion wire. Some vehicle flags were mass produced, including simple national flag type swastika emblem pennants that could have been bought by any patriotic supporter. Others were unique. These flags were attractive souvenirs for GI troops at the end of the war and are eagerly collected today.

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