Original German WWII NSDAP Double Sided National Political Custom Building Flag - 23" x 47 ½”

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting WWII German National Socialist Political Flag (Nationalflagge/Parteiflagge 1933-45), which measures a very displayable 23" x 47 ½”. These were usually designed to be hung vertically or horizontally, and were displayed on buildings, on podiums during speeches, or sometimes even hung up at camps. This example however has a very interesting shape, which looks almost like it was originally some type of swallowtail pennant that was damaged and restitched.

Close examination however shows that the stitching style and color throughout the flag are identical, so this flag looks to have been custom made for a specific application. It has small metal hanger rings on the header end and on the long side, so it could be suspended in a corner of a building, or possibly from some kind of right angled pole. It looks to be of all cotton construction with a single piece red field, and is double sided, with a single piece cotton white circle with a printed black Swas (Hook Cross) on each side.

The flag is in very good condition, though it does show light wear from service. There some small stains on the red field, and just a bit of age toning on the insignia. There are also some small holes near the hemmed hanger side.

In very nice condition, this would be perfect for a German WWII wall display!

NSDAP Party

The NSDAP, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of N**ism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into völkisch nationalism. Initially, N**i political strategy focused on anti–big business, anti‑bourgeois, and anti‑capitalist rhetoric. This was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s the party's main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti‑Marxist themes.

Ad**f Hi**er, the party's leader since 1921, was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933. Hitl** rapidly established a totalitarian regime known as the Third Reich. Following the defeat of the Third Reich at the end of World War II in Europe, the party was "declared to be illegal" by the Allied powers, who carried out denazification in the years after the war both in Germany and in territories occupied by NSDAP forces. The use of any symbols associated with the party is now outlawed in many European countries, including Germany and Austria.