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    Unit markings on captured flag

    I received this detail picture from a friend of mine. It's a detail from a very large sized flag with runic symbols. The flag was brought back to the US after the war and was according the story most probably captured somewhere in Italy. There are NO details known were the flag was captured/liberated.

    The flag still resides with the veterans family in the US.

    There are only a few markings on the flag, as you can see on the picture.

    Maybe it gives away from which unit the flag was captured. It's not a Feldpostnumber...the number has to many digits. Maybe it's even not a German marking.

    Maybe someone can help.

    Thanks.
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    #2
    Garrison size flag

    By the size I would say it's a garrison flag. The numbers probably will not help ID it much. As far as "where" the flag was captured, it's going to be almost impossible to nail down. Sorry

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      #3
      size and construction ???

      Originally posted by Eric Mill View Post
      I received this detail picture from a friend of mine. It's a detail
      from a very large sized flag with runic symbols. ...There are only
      a few markings on the flag, as you can see on the picture...
      Hello EM:
      Interesting looking flag. Wondering what the measured
      size is, and if the "runic symbols" are printed or sewn on?
      OFW
      sigpic
      .......^^^ .................... some of my collection ...................... ^^^...

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        #4
        Runes

        OFW:

        I dropped your question and asked for a detailed picture. So I will let you know.

        E.

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          #5
          Runes are printed

          OFW...the runes are printed.

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            #6
            flag

            The "I.65...." writing is not in my opinion written by a German and therefore is likely American notation. No idea what ity means....infantry regt. number?

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              #7
              Great to hear !!!

              Originally posted by Eric Mill View Post
              OFW...the runes are printed.
              EM:
              Great to hear, likely a large SS-Lager flag (OFW type 1).
              OFW
              (below) OFW SS flag & banner types ...
              sigpic
              .......^^^ .................... some of my collection ...................... ^^^...

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                #8
                This look to me like a museum accession number. Whatever I means, then the item came to them in 1965, the 1st accession for that year, and the 395th part of the first accession. 65.1.395

                Perhaps...

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                  #9
                  I.65.1.395 ???

                  Originally posted by xaf View Post
                  This look to me like a museum accession number.
                  Whatever I means, then the item came to them in
                  1965, the 1st accession for that year, and the 395th
                  part of the first accession. 65.1.395
                  Perhaps...
                  Hello xaf:
                  My first guess was that the I.65.1.395 was
                  maybe Infantry Division #65, 1st battalion
                  395th Infantry Regiment. But the 395th IR
                  was assigned to the 99th ID per the Internet...
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/395th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29
                  Stlll waiting to hear what the flag measures.
                  OFW
                  (below) US Army WW2 395th Infantry Regiment ...
                  "was a unit of the United States 99th Infantry Division.
                  It was organized with the rest of the 99th on 16 November
                  1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"></sup> During the Battle of
                  the Bulge, the Regiment—at times virtually surrounded by
                  Germans—was one of the few units that did not yield ground
                  to the attacking Germans. On at least six occasions they called
                  in artillery strikes on or directly in front of their own positions.
                  Their success in defending Höfen resulted in the 395th Infantry
                  Regiment being repeatedly assigned to other divisions for difficult
                  assignments during the remainder of the war, earning them the
                  sobriquet,                   Butler's Blue Battlin' Bastards."
                  sigpic
                  .......^^^ .................... some of my collection ...................... ^^^...

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                    #10
                    No repsonse on the size

                    OWF I dropped the question about the accurate sizes..but don't have a answer yet from the US.

                    Will let you know asap

                    Eric

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