Original German WWII NSDAP National Socialist Party Early Brass Flag Pole Finial "Topper"

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII German National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - NSDAP) Early Flag Pole Finial or Topper (Fahnenstange Endstück) Eagle, made before the official "First Pattern" was designed. It is constructed of what looks to be solid brass or possibly bronze, and is of the early multi-part design. Unfortunately, while the topper still has the attachment rod, the socket fitting on the bottom is missing. It shows a lovely patina of age, with no major damage from being dropped or anything similar.

The design is an early Pre-NSDAP style "Spread Wing" Reichsadler (National Eagle), which looks to its right, and is perched on an oak-leaf wreath, with a mobile/canted Swas (hook cross) in the center. The eagle is not the "art deco" style usually seen, and much more similar to the Eagles used during the imperial period. It measures 8 1/4 inches tall including the 5/8 inch threaded rod, and is 9 1/4 inches wide at the tips of the wings. It shows only light wear, and has a lovely aged patina on the brass, with some areas of verdigris and more advanced oxidation. It could be cleaned, but we recommend it be left exactly as it is, with its great aged look.

These Flag Pole Finials are extremely hard to find, as most were destroyed or melted back down as scrap. This is one in very nice condition, ready to add to any collection!

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei , abbreviated NSDAP), commonly referred to in English as the NSDAP Party, was a far-right political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945, that created and supported the ideology of National Socialism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920.

The NSDAP Party emerged from the 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, NSDAP political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric, although this was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s the party's main focus shifted to anti-Semitic and anti-Marxist themes.