National Flag of Germany
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The House Flag o Hausfahne, swastika flag.
As the Reich, the House Flag could be displayed on teh domicile of every German citizen of the Reich (Reich Flag Law of september 15, 1935).
Excluded from this "honor" were the jewish households and houses in which, in addiiton to "German-blooded" residents, a Jew lived (Flag Decree of December 7, 1936.
On march 18, 1936, the Wehrmacht first received a flag "bestowed" by Hitler that it might be accorded military honors; the soldiers´s oath of allegiance was sworn on it.
Source: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich edited by Christian Zentner and Friedemann Bedürftig.
As the Reich, the House Flag could be displayed on teh domicile of every German citizen of the Reich (Reich Flag Law of september 15, 1935).
Excluded from this "honor" were the jewish households and houses in which, in addiiton to "German-blooded" residents, a Jew lived (Flag Decree of December 7, 1936.
On march 18, 1936, the Wehrmacht first received a flag "bestowed" by Hitler that it might be accorded military honors; the soldiers´s oath of allegiance was sworn on it.
Source: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich edited by Christian Zentner and Friedemann Bedürftig.
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they were used on military bases, installations, at the front, and maybe on command vehicles too. on original flags the way you can tell if it was a navy flag or not is a navy stamp with eagle on the upper part of the pole side along the rope-loop/hoist (not certain of the correct terminology). mine simply has stamped "Kr. Fl. 200 x 335" which is short for "kriegsflagg" and it's dimensions, so you know it was heer & not kriegsmarine.Kaiser wrote:When was the reichskriegflagg used? The only time I have ever seenitin old movies or photos was on u-boat and other kriegmarine vessels so I always thought this was the flag of the navy?
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another thing about the kriegsflagg is that, unlike the civil flag, the swastika was not a seperate piece of fabric, so on the reverse of the flag, the swastika is backwards (always flying toward the hoist)
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