Original Item: Only One Available. This is a totally original authentic German WWII Small Flag Section, measuring a nice displayable 11" x 9 3/4". At first we thought it was just a piece of a flag, but it looks like this is the entire flag, with hemmed seams on three of four sides, while the other side was the edge of the piece of material and did not need a hem. The top border has a 1/2" side sleeve for hanging the flag, which we assume was for a camp or other smaller location. It feels like it is made entirely from cotton, and is double sided, with white circles with multi-piece swas's sewn onto each side.

This example was captured in the field by U.S. Army soldiers, who marked the flag with their specific unit: Company "C', 7th Engr. Bn., 1st Plat. 3rd Sqd.. Without abbreviations this would be 7th Engineer Battalion, Company "C", 1st Platoon, 3rd Squad, which had been part of the 5th Infantry Division as far back as WWI. To the right of this is the units "Diamond" distinctive unit insignia of the 5th Infantry Division, all of which looks to be written with "laundry marker" or another very durable type of marker.

Between the "arms" of the swas are the names and hometowns of the members of the unit, which look to have been written by the member with the best handwriting:

- Thomas A. Accurso, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Oscar Eaton, Beaumont, Texas.
- Irven Rolfe, New York.
- Kenneth Ammerman, Detroit, Michigan.
- Leon Sides, Parris, Ala.
- Edward Sluboski, Hartford, Conn.
- Peter Gouletas, Chicago, Ill.
- Thomas A. Nerich, New York City
- Fred Carter, Electra, Texas
- Walter Thatcher, Seattle, Wash.
- Arnold Orleans, Norfolk, Va.

This was definitely a group that came from all over the country, and making a flag like this would definitely help to remember the names and hometowns of their fellow soldiers.

A very nice USGI Captured German flag, ready research and display!

Lineage of the 7th Engineer Battalion:
The battalion traces its history to a unit organized on 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington D.C., from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)

- Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (2d Battalion of Engineers—hereafter separate lineage)
- 1st Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 1st Regiment of Engineers
- 1st Regiment of Engineers expanded 15 May 1917 to form the 1st, 6th, and 7th Regiments of Engineers (1st and 6th Regiments of Engineers—hereafter separate lineages)
- 7th Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 7th Engineers
Assigned 17 November 1917 to the 5th Division
- Inactivated (less Company A) 10 October 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Company A inactivated 1 October 1933 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Redesignated 16 October 1939 as the 7th Engineer Battalion and activated at Fort Logan, Colorado
- Redesignated 28 May 1943 as the 7th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and Ladd Field, Alaska