Condition: Very Good
Pattern: DDAC
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Product Description: This DDAC Automobile Pennant is an attractive display object. This pattern of vehicle pennant was used by members of the DDAC, the German automobile club during the Third Reich. This one is printed, and double sided, with the distinctive DDAC eagle and swastika emblem on a field decorated with the red, white and black national colors of Nazi Germany. It is made of cotton fabric, with typical, factory style machine stitching throughout. The hoist end is reinforced with a thicker, finely ribbed fabric. The corners of this header retain the original plated steel clip and ring hardware, for affixing this to a staff on a vehicle. This DDAC automobile pennant retains nice colors, and shows a light patina throughout, with age toning and traces of use. The condition of this piece rates as very good plus.
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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