Command flag, Admiral of the Fleet, Nazi Germany (1943-1945)

Command flag of an Admiral of the Fleet, Nazi Germany (1943-1945). Stencilled on the hoist: 'Flg Grossadmiral'. The flag is made of wool bunting with a cotton hoist. It is machine sewn with the design printed onto the fabric. A rope is attached to hoist the flag. The field is white, bearing a black cross pattée on which is superimposed two crossed admiral's batons and an eagle holding the swastika.

The provenance is uncertain but the flag is likely to have been presented by the War Trophies Committee in 1947.

Object Details

ID: AAA0466
Collection: Flags
Type: Command flag
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War II, 1939-1945
Date made: Before 1945
People: German Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: flag: 2387.6 x 2413 mm