Flag Collection Catalog

I currently hold 75 flags in my collection — and counting — each one a silent witness to the past.

Most originate from periods of war, political upheaval, or military service. These flags are not just fabric; they are fragments of history, and I am committed to documenting each of them here in detail.

The catalog remains under active development, with many rare pieces and photographs still to be added. Your patience is appreciated as this archive continues to take shape.

33 of 75 flags have been documented so far.

🇩🇪 Germany – Imperial Era (1903–1918)

Flag ID: FG-001

Title: Sturm Flagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1910s

Size: 95 × 150 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Imperial War Ensign

Status: Documented

Marking: "Sturm-Flg. 95x157cm", Imperial Crown 1

Provenance: –

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Flag ID: FG-002

Title: Boots Flagge

Approx. Date: Ca. 1910s

Size: 95 × 150 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Imperial War Ensign

Status: Documented

Marking: "Bootsflg. 0,95 × 1,57", 1 Imperial Crown

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-003

Title: Gaffel Flagge

Approx. Date: Ca. 1910s

Size: 120 × 200 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Imperial War Ensign

Status: Documented

Marking: "Gaffel Flg. 1,2x2m", Imperial Crown 1

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-004

Title: Reichskolonialflagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1905 - 1912

Size: 134 × 234 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Colonial Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: —

Provenance: —

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🇩🇪 Germany – Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

Flag ID: FG-005

Title: Weimar Kriegsflagge

Approx. Date: Ca. 1929–1932

Size: 95 × 150 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Weimar Naval Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Bootsflg. 1,5 x 0,95", "Anchor over M"

Provenance: Said to originate from a veteran who served aboard SMS Hessen

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Flag ID: FG-006

Title: Weimar Kriegsflagge (cut)

Approx. Date: late 1930's

Size: 95 × 157 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Weimar Naval Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Anchor over M", "3", "Boots. FL. 95x157"

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-032

Title: German Empire Tricolour (Wool, Civilian Hoist)

Approx. year: 1920s

Size: 150 × 250 cm

Format: Approx. 3:5

Type: Civilian or institutional display

Status: Fully documented

Marking: Pencilled \"150–250\" in hoist; no factory stamp

Provenance: German-made, likely Weimar-era conservative use

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🇩🇪 Germany – Nazi Era (1933–1945)

Flag ID: FG-030

Title: German Tricolour Flag (Wool, Civilian Hoist)

Approx. year: 1930's - 1940's

Size: 142 × 242 cm

Format: Approx. 3:5 (likely 150×250 cm original)

Type: Civilian or institutional display

Status: Fully documented

Marking: None visible; hoist rope removed

Provenance: Unknown German use abroad, pre- or wartime

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Flag ID: FG-031

Title: German Empire Tricolour (Cotton, Civil Use)

Approx. year: Late 1930s

Size: 111 × 172 cm

Format: Approx. 2:3

Type: Civilian display or propaganda use

Status: Fully documented

Marking: None; rope later inserted through hoist tunnel

Provenance: German-produced, likely NS-era civil context

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Flag ID: FG-007

Title: Reichskriegsflagge (alter Art)

Approx. Date: Ca. 1934 - 1935

Size: 100 × 170 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: Naval War Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Reichskriegs-Flg. alter Art 1,0 × 1,7"

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-008

Title: Altered Weimar Kriegsflagge, Alter Art

Approx. Date: Weimar verison late 1920's, altered ca. 1934

Size: 60 × 100 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: Naval War Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: Weimar naval approval mark, "1x6"

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-009

Title: Wassersportsflagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1935–1936

Size: 60 × 100 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 1st version water sport flag

Status: Documented

Marking: “1,00” in pencil on hoist

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-010

Title: Wassersportsflagge

Approx. Date: Ca. 1940

Size: 18 × 34 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 2nd version water sport flag

Status: Documented

Marking: —

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-011

Title: Admiral Flagge

Approx. Date: Ca. 1938-1939

Size: 100 × 100 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: Admiral Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Adm", engraved plate, red depot stamp

Provenance: Possible Association with Admiral Hermann Boehm

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Flag ID: FG-012

Title: Kriegsmarine Gösch

Approx. Date: ca. 1939–1945

Size: 50 × 85 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: Naval jack (bow flag)

Status: Documented

Marking: "G.Fl.50 × 85”, "N.V.P.F. v. Vlissingen & Co’s Katoenfabr. Helmond (Holland)"

Provenance: Possibly Kriegsmarine depot or Dutch contractor stock

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Flag ID: FG-013

Title: Kriegsmarine Gösch

Approx. Date: ca. 1939–1944

Size: 300 × 500 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: Naval jack (Gösch) (not naval approved)

Status: Documented

Marking: “Göschen”, “300 × 500”, "Burnstoff Berlin", “Swastika over M”

Provenance: FlagGeek Collection

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Flag ID: FG-014

Title: Reichskriegsflagge Transitional

Approx. Date: ca. 1936–1937

Size: 150 × 250 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: "Error flag", Transistional Naval war Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Eagle Over M", “Kf.Fl. 150 × 250”, “Witte K.G., München”

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-015

Title: Reichskriegsflagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1940s

Size: 50 × 85 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 2nd pattern naval war flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Eagle over M", “Reichskriegsflagge", “50 × 85”, “3”

Provenance: Found in Sønderborg, Denmark, 1945

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Flag ID: FG-016

Title: Reichskriegsflagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1940–1944

Size: 80 × 135 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 2nd pattern war/battle Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: “Kr.Fl. 80 × 135”, "Lorenz Summa Söhne Oberkotzau"

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-017

Title: Reichskriegsflagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1940–1944

Size: 100 × 170 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 2nd pattern naval war flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Eagle over M", "R.Kr.Fl. 100x170", "G.A. Fröhlichs Sohn A.G. Warnsdorf Sud"

Provenance: —

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Flag ID: FG-018

Title: Reichskriegsflagge

Approx. Date: ca. 1940–1944

Size: 150 × 250 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 2nd pattern war/battle Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: “Reichskriegsflg. 1,5 × 2,5”

Provenance: Captured in Middelburg, Netherlands

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Flag ID: FG-019

Title: Reichskriegsflagge (GI signed)

Approx. Date: ca. 1941

Size: 200 × 335 cm

Format: 3:5

Type: 2nd pattern naval war flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Eagle over M", “Reichskriegsflg. 2 × 3,35”

Provenance: Signed by U.S. soldiers, Company M, 3rd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

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🇳🇱 Netherlands – WWII era

Flag ID: FG-026

Title: Modified NSB Flag (Red–White–Blue)

Approx. Date: 1940s (modified post-1944)

Size: 135 × 230 cm

Format: Horizontal tricolour

Type: NSB-affiliated, later civilian use

Status: Documented

Marking: None visible

Provenance: Found in evacuated NSB home by P. Keuris; modified by Petronella Keuris-Heeneman

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🇮🇶 Iraq – Saddam Hussein Era (post-1990)

Flag ID: FG-033

Title: Iraqi Ba'athist Flag (Gulf War)

Approx. Date: early 1990's

Size: 75 × 116 cm

Format: Approx. 5:8

Type: Propaganda or field use

Status: Documented

Marking: None

Provenance: Reportedly sourced from Baghdad during wartime

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🇮🇱 Israel – Early State Period (ca. 1948–1955)

Flag ID: FG-028

Title: Early Israeli Flag (Old Jerusalem)

Approx. Date: early 1950's

Size: 95 × 133 cm

Format: Approx. 0.714 ratio

Type: Civilian ceremonial flag

Status: Documented

Marking: None visible

Provenance: Private residence, Old Jerusalem

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🇯🇵 Japan – WWII Period

Flag ID: FG-020

Title: Rising Sun Naval Flag

Approx. Date: 1930's

Size: 170 × 225 cm

Format: 2:3

Type: Naval war flag

Status: Documented

Marking: “海軍 四” ("Navy – No. 4")

Provenance: First-hand provenance (U.S. Marine estate, 1945)

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Flag ID: FG-021

Title: Yosegaki Hinomaru

Approx. Date: WWII era

Size: Unknown

Format: Traditional rectangular

Type: Good luck flag

Status: Documented

Marking: Multiple inscriptions (30+ names)

Provenance: Signed by soldiers, includes "Seven Lives for the Nation"

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🟥 Soviet Union – WWII Period

Flag ID: FG-022

Title: Soviet Vertical Flag (British made)

Approx. Date: WWII era

Size: 84 × 182 cm

Format: Hanging flag / vertical banner

Type: Embassy or mission display

Status: Fully documented

Marking: None visible

Provenance: Likely used by Soviet diplomatic or military liaison in UK

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – WWII Period

Flag ID: FG-023

Title: British White Ensign (German made)

Approx. Date: ca. 1935 - 1939

Size: 100 × 200 cm

Format: 1:2

Type: Naval Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: "Krieg-Flg. England 1,0 x 2,0"

Provenance: -

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🇺🇸 United States – Pre-WWI / Spanish–American War era

Flag ID: FG-029

Title: 45-Star U.S. Ensign

Approx. Date: 1896–1908

Size: 180 × 300 cm (≈ 6 × 10 ft)

Format: 1:1.67

Type: Naval or Government-Issued Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: PAT’D AUG 28 1884 (on grommet)

Provenance: Likely Navy Yard origin; attributed to L. W. Manchester

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🇺🇸 United States – WWII period

Flag ID: FG-024

Title: 48-Star U.S. Ensign No. 12 MI

Approx. Date: 1944

Size: 15.7 × 29.9 inches (≈ 40 × 76 cm)

Format: 1:1.9

Type: Naval Flag

Status: Documented

Marking: U.S. No. 12 MI 44 (stencilled)

Provenance: U.S. Navy issue during WWII, Mare Island

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🇻🇳 Vietnam War Era

Flag ID: FG-027

Title: North Vietnamese Flag (appliquéd star)

Approx. Year: 1958–1964

Size: 80 × 125 cm

Format: Rectangular flag

Type: Civilian propaganda use

Status: Documented

Marking: None

Provenance: Unverified bring-back from Vietnam War

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🌐 Miscellaneous / International Flags

Flag ID: FG-025

Title: Early NATO Flag

Approx. Date: ca. 1949–1953

Size: 111 × 138 cm (111 x 166,5cm original/uncut)

Format: Square, modified fly end

Type: NATO (early non-standard)

Status: Documented

Marking: Unmarked, German brass hook

Provenance: Likely postwar German military use

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