Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Large National War Ensign

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Large National War Ensign

constructed of two panels of of weather-hardened cotton twill, dyed into three equal horizontal panels of red, white and black, overlaid by double-sided central dyed Iron Crosses executed in black and white, the hoist edge reinforced with a white cotton twill border featuring a hollow channel for the accommodation of a suspension border stamped with a mark of
"REICHSKRIEGS-FLG. ALTER ART" (indicating that the ensign was used for historical display after 1939), with size dimensions of 1.5 by2.5 meters.a scarce example