Reich State Service flag, Cotton 3′ x 5′ WWII German

High quality Reich State Service Flag, 100% Cotton Bunting, approx. 3′ x 5′ (90cm x 150cm), these are the best quality flags we have ever offered, unfortunately, we were only able to obtain a few pieces.

The Reich Service Flag was to be used by all public administrative authorities, including the Diplomatic Service, the German State railways, the Reichsautobahn and Reichsbank authorities, and vessels on inland waterways. These are high quality flags, being screen printed on woven cotton fabric and featuring white canvas binding along the rope edge, with extra, reinforcing stitching along the other three edges. They are very good copies of the originals, with correct proportions and excellent details.

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.