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Car flag, Admiral-Fleet, Nazi Germany (before 1945)
Nazi Germany Admiral of the Fleet car flag, originally framed with a typed label: 'Flag found by F/Officer Allan Starrs RAF at Flensburg Barracks, Germany, at the time of the arrest of the German leaders. Believed to be the flag of Admiral Doenitz. Presented by F/Officer Starrs'.
The flag is made of wool bunting with a cotton hoist and is machine sewn with the design printed onto the surface. It has a white field, bearing a black iron cross on which is superimposed two crossed admiral's batons and an eagle holding the swastika. A cord is attached to hoist it.
Flying Officer Allan Starrs removed the flag at the surrender of Oberkommandant Marine at Flensberg Barracks in May 1945. He believed that it was the personal standard of Admiral Karl Dönitz (1891-1980), at this date Hitler's successor.
The flag is made of wool bunting with a cotton hoist and is machine sewn with the design printed onto the surface. It has a white field, bearing a black iron cross on which is superimposed two crossed admiral's batons and an eagle holding the swastika. A cord is attached to hoist it.
Flying Officer Allan Starrs removed the flag at the surrender of Oberkommandant Marine at Flensberg Barracks in May 1945. He believed that it was the personal standard of Admiral Karl Dönitz (1891-1980), at this date Hitler's successor.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA0532 |
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| Collection: | Flags |
| Type: | Car flag |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War II: Surrender of Oberkommandant Marine, 1945; World War II, 1939-1945 |
| Date made: | 1935-45; Before 1945 |
| People: | German Navy; Donitz, Adm Karl |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Flag: 295 x 300 mm; Frame: 355.6 x 533.4 x 25.4 mm |
| Parts: | Car flag, Admiral-Fleet, Nazi Germany (before 1945) |