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 14 1/2" x 22" and is attached to a 17 3/4" long wooden pole using small tacks. The pole is definitely period, and it may have at one time been longer. If it was cut down, it was definitely done during the period, as the color of the wood is uniform throughout the exterior.

It looks to be of single piece all cotton construction, with the NSDAP black Swas (Hook Cross) emblem in a white circle on a red field printed on one side, so it is single sided. The flag definitely looks to have seen a good amount of use, and shows fading and staining consistent with being outside for a period of time. There is some fraying at the edges, and along the fly end. We can also see that more of the flag used to be attached to the pole, however the tacks pulled through.

In very nice weathered 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.