BrianWow!! How rare is that? Excellent piece Steve, congratulations!
JamesSteve that is stunning!!
Just plain sad to see.James
Many thanks
Some years ago I had a visit from Ken & his wife of Der Rittmeister
He noted that I liked I R 92
someone sent the flag to him on consignment
He offered it to me and I bought it
It's on the original pole with many plaques applied to the pole
some have Totenkopf on them
No pole top
A day or 2 ago a friend sent out a photo from the 3rd Reich period
Pole tops were being removed form the veteran's flags
to be use as scrap metal for the war effort
Steve
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At least they did not scrap the pole tops of the regimental flags of pre WW1How desperate for metal to stage this photo! Desecrating Historic pieces to further their war effort which was fortunately destined to fail.