Condition: Excellent
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Product Description: This NSDAP Podium Banner is a great, all original piece. It’s single sided, as is typical for podium banners, and is made of a thin red fabric. The center of the banner features a machine stitched white roundel, with a printed black Nazi swastika emblem- a pattern of flag used first by the Nazi Party, and then after 1935, as the German national flag. The original color of the red field remains strong, with only slight fading, while the white fabric of the roundel presents typical age toning. The top edge has a sleeve to allow the banner to be hung, and the other edges are adorned with attractive white fringe trim. Overall, this NSDAP Podium Banner measures 60″ by 40,” a nice size for display. It appears to have been used, and shows some age, with moderate stains and soiling. There are no tears or holes to note. It’s a well-made, quality piece, in excellent 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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