RARE WWII German SS DRK Deutches Rotes Kreuz (Red Cross) flag

RARE WWII German SS Deutches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross) flag. The flag is from a collection we recently purchased and could use a minor cleaning.  The DRK, “Deutsches Rotes Kreuz” (German Red Cross), a voluntary civil assistance organization originally instituted in 1864, was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929. In December 1937 it gained status as a legally recognized organization by the NSDAP. As with other essential services in Third Reich Germany, it came under control of the NSDAP in late 1938 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organization. Originally introduced in August of 1935.  Measuring approx. 28″ x 28″ or 45cm x 45cm