Flag pole top

[stingray69]

Hi guys
I'm trying to find any info about this Imperial pole top, but without luck.

Can anyone help ?

Thanks

[stingray69]

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[stingray69]

detail

[oldflagswanted]

IG Government Service Eagle use ???

Hi guys
I'm trying to find any info about this
Imperial pole top, but without luck.
Can anyone help ?
Thanks

IMO a nice colonial service veteran flag pole top.
Double edge loops indicates the veteran origin -
any emblem could be ordered placed in the top
center, this being still the case in flag catalogs.
The IG era Government Service Eagle was used
on pre-1918 embassy flags, and later by IG vets.
OFW
(below) IG government service eagle flag replica.

[stingray69]

Thank you very much .
Is it a rare pole top ?
What is surprised me is the size,it is pretty large larger than other imperial top I have seen.

Regards

[oldflagswanted]

rarity & size ???

... Is it a rare pole top ?
What is surprised me is the size,
it is pretty large larger than other
imperial top I have seen.
Regards

Indeed rare as many were deliberately
destroyed during WW2 for patriotism.
OFW
(below) Larger Colonial eagle top seemingly
showing lower front and center in scrap pile. (*)

[stingray69]

Thank you
That's amazing photo

[Br. James]

I agree: An amazing photo! The fourth man from the left is another "Hitler look-alike!"

Br. James

[wilhelm Saris]

The photo from post 5 is a great photo, but well-known and used in various books since the 1980's! I used parts in a cropped form also (gorget-book). It was also partly included in volme 2 for the series "Headgear of Hitler's Germany", which was published in 1992.