Condition: Excellent
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Product Description: This weighted German Podium Banner is an impressive example. It’s single-sided, as is typical for these, and measures a very displayable and attractive 21″ x 30.” The body of this nice banner is made of a typical red fabric which shows only slight fading to the original color, from age and use. A white roundel with a printed black German national swastika emblem is factory zig-zag stitched to the center, and the sides and bottom are adorned with strips of white fabric that have been machine sewn with straight stitches. The bottom edge of this banner is decorated with an intact row of white rayon fringe, which has been weighted with round metal disks as well as lead beads that have been sewn in. The condition of this weighted German podium banner rates as excellent plus, with a light patina throughout, toning to the white fabrics, and normal traces of age. This is a handsome and desirable flag, that makes a great display object.
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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