war veterans banner "EALA Freya Fresena banner 1925

[petedispol]

i am still working on pictures and how to post them, hopefully i will get them right soon. I think i have managed to compress them to small enough size, yet still legible? Time will tell as this is first post with pictures.

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With my limited research, and for obvious reasons, I believe this to be a banner from East Fresia, as it has the motto for the coat of arms of East Fresia on the front..... "EALA Frya Fresena".. roughly translated as ......."rise or stand up free Fresians" and interestingly when shouted requires an answer...."LEVER DOOD as SLAV"....."rather dead than slave".
On the back it says...."Kreiger-Verein Schwerinsdorf und Umgegend 1925" .... again a rough translation "war veterans club of the city and neighbour hoods of Schwerin 1925"
It is a bit moth eaten some places but it is still doing well for its age.
It has 1911 in the scroll to the left of the verse with a shield of arms below.
Would this be the date the club was founded?
Also there is a Hohenzollern coat of arms on the breast of Prussian screaming eagle beneath an Imperial crown, on the front side? Not Prussian eagle with Hohenzollern coat of arms within Prussian eagle, which I have seen a few times?
Would this banner have been used in any particular rally? Or occasions? Would there be any pictures of this banner in use or displayed? Schwerin is not the biggest city in northern Germany, anyone know how many would have been produced?
many thanks to anyone who has any information, especially the Hohenzollern eagle as it will help date a glass stein, decorated in the F. van Hauten style, i have as well.
Eagerly awaiting responses
Pete

[John G.]

Pete,
This style of Veterans flag.....each differant and colorful, are really "one of a kind"....however, being "between wars" without any "NSDAP" embellishments, and the fact that there were Veterans Organizations in every town, hamlet, & city these have limited appeal to "the avaerage collector"......certianly those who specialize in Flags would appreciate yours.....but they are not "all that hard to find" as these didn't have to be destroyed like the 3rd Reich versions....

Finding a photo (of this flag) would be "one in a million", these type flags would normally remain at the "Vet. Hall" except for formal occassions........(speaking of which I'd go "one or two" sizes bigger....on your pictures....I can't see enough detail to tell much!)

Don't get me wrong....a very nice, unique flag.....but very hard to display properly and very vunerable to age and damage....There would be "countless" variations of these Veterans (and other groups, organizations, and clubs) flags...
a beautiful flag...but probably not as "special" as you think....(think of it as if an older VFW or Amer. Legion Flag....nice, collectible, with value, but ....)
John G.

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