Fun With Flaggeek

⚓ Kriegsmarine Water Sports Flag (1936 pattern), FG-053. Cut-down example: originally 80×135 cm , now 78×87 cm (~43 cm removed at the fly). Hoist-biased disc/anchor; red wool bunting; heavy cotton-canvas hoist with internal rope; darkened ring; no maker stamp observed.

⛑️ DGzRS Maritime Rescue Flag, c.1938–1945. 68×89 cm wool bunting flag used by the German Maritime Rescue Service. Hand-stitched rope attachment, ribbed cotton header — no stamps or serials present.

🇬🇧 WWII-era Union Flag with Admiralty Broad Arrow mark. Multipiece wool bunting, 3×6 ft marking, thick canvas header with rope and wooden toggle — likely Royal Navy issue.

🇯🇵 Silk Hinomaru captured in the Pacific War — later signed by U.S. GIs from the 81st Infantry Division. Printed red disc, no kanji; multiple American names inked across the field.

🇹🇼 A wartime ROC flag with a U.S. maker’s mark. Double-appliquéd sun, zinc grommets, and a 3×5 ft hoist stamp — all classic Annin/Defiance traits from 1942–43.

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

🇩🇪 Kriegsmarine Gösch 80 × 135 cm — Textildruck Arlt, Schönheiderhammer. Typical U-boat/small-craft jack with rare red dye bleed in the printed roundel.

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

🇩🇪 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 flag made in Britain Likely intended for Allied headquarters during the war, not military field use.

🇩🇪 German service flag by Schneider Nossen (FG‑036) .

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

🇺🇸 Field-grade 48-star US flag from WWII era – Defiance brand with steel grommets and wartime production label (1942–1943). .

🇩🇪 Large WWII-era German flag with civilian-style hoist .

🇳🇱 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.

🟥 Massive Kriegsmarine jack flag measuring 300 × 500 cm. Printed wool with “Swastika over M” proof marks and Buntstoff Berlin hoist stamp.

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.

🇩🇪 Transitional Reichskriegsflagge with rare Kf.Fl. marking and NS-style cross geometry.

🇩🇪 Kriegsmarine flag from WWII – stamped Kr.Fl. 80 × 135 and produced by Lorenz Summa.

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