Early NSDAP Flag w/ Ties 36″ x 51″

Product Description:  The Early NSDAP Flag w/ Ties 36″ x 51″ is an early Third Reich–era textile banner of thin, all-cotton construction, double-sided in design and intended for wall, balcony, or window display. Flags of this type were produced in considerable numbers during the formative years of the regime and served as highly visible instruments of political symbolism at rallies, public buildings, and civic events throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The present example appears to be cottage-produced, reflecting the decentralized manufacture often seen in early period political textiles.

This Early NSDAP Flag w/ Ties 36″ x 51″ measures approximately 36 by 51 inches. The central field has been cut to accommodate a 28-inch white roundel bearing a black swastika, designed to be visible from both sides. The corners and the center of one hoist end retain machine-sewn ties for suspension; one corner is now absent its ties. The banner presents with expected age-related wear consistent with period use and display, showing minor holes, discoloration, and fraying in spots.

Overall, the piece offers strong visual impact and stands as a representative surviving example of early National Socialist political textile production.

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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