Fun With Flaggeek

🇩🇪 A heavy wool Imperial war ensign from the interwar years, reused in WW2 veteran parades to mark the Battle of Jutland.

🇩🇪 Bonner Fahnenfabrik multi-piece German national flag (centred roundel), likely pre-1935 — captured in Cologne on 7 March 1945; provenance documented (anonymised).

🇯🇵 A small cotton Rising Sun flag with eight Midwestern U.S. veterans’ signatures — tied to the 33rd Infantry Division and 136th Infantry Regiment during the early occupation of Japan.

🇩🇪 A fortress under blockade: La Rochelle remained in German hands until May 1945, supplied only by sea. The garrison’s war ensign was flown on the harbor building throughout the siege.

🚩 Soviet Navy ensign (dated 1979): wool bunting, GOST 8498-73 stamp, honest sea wear — a natural fit for the Grisha (Project 1124) environment.

🇬🇧 British WWII White Ensign in pristine condition – printed wool, ribbed weave, brass grommets – matches IWM wartime pattern. .

🇳🇱 Modified NSB flag with post-war civilian use Discovered in a deserted NSB residence in The Hague, this Dutch flag was later altered by the Keuris family after the fall of the collaborationist regime. It now stands as a unique and well-documented example of political neutralization and wartime memory.

Captured from General Daser’s HQ 🇩🇪🪧 Taken by 7/9th Royal Scots during the surrender of Middelburg, this 1.5 × 2.5 m Reichskriegsflagge was a silent witness to the battle that unlocked Antwerp.

🇩🇪 Found in Sønderborg just after the German surrender – a small Kriegsmarine naval flag with full markings.

🏯 Signed by fellow martial artists – a Yosegaki flag from Waseda University’s Kendo Club, likely gifted before deployment.

🏯 Captured in 1945 from the Glen Line Building – former Japanese naval HQ in Shanghai.

🇩🇪 A rare German admiral’s flag from 1938–1939 – with full provenance and markings. Click to read more!