I picked this up years ago and never gave it much thought. I had always assumed it was a car pennant or something for a lance. In fact, I had thought I had posted it here at one time or another but looking around today I can’t find that I ever did. (must be the booze and recreational stuff from college is taking its toll some thirty plus years later)
Anyway, it measures a bit over 12" high and a little over 14.5" wide. Where the trailing edge was all frayed at the fly edge it may well have been 15" in overall length once. It's obviously faded and wind damaged. Germany’s tricolor and Imperial eagle are printed on a cotton material. The size of the thing and the tell tale rust stains along the hoist edge make me believe, as I mentioned, it was either a vehicle flag or a pennant for a lance. Back in 2002 I had it professionally mounted & framed. The gold frame is 19" wide x 16.5" high and utilizes archival grey (Feldgrau) mat board and UV resistant glass.
Anyway, looking around trying to recall where (if) I posted this I was trying to ascertain just what (really) it was. Searching “Imperial car pennant” I found zip. Nothing similar that I could find for a lance either. In fact, I couldn’t find a tri-color with the eagle configured this way. Knowing virtually nothing of flags, my impression, from stumbling around trying to make sense from descriptive nuances in other threads that I’m tripping over is that it’s seemingly not some version of war flag (IKF) but, possibly, some manner of Imperial Government Service Flag (IDF) where it has the ribbon crowned eagle. I’m hoping for some enlightenment here as well as where might a 12”x15” flag such as this be used?
Anyway, it measures a bit over 12" high and a little over 14.5" wide. Where the trailing edge was all frayed at the fly edge it may well have been 15" in overall length once. It's obviously faded and wind damaged. Germany’s tricolor and Imperial eagle are printed on a cotton material. The size of the thing and the tell tale rust stains along the hoist edge make me believe, as I mentioned, it was either a vehicle flag or a pennant for a lance. Back in 2002 I had it professionally mounted & framed. The gold frame is 19" wide x 16.5" high and utilizes archival grey (Feldgrau) mat board and UV resistant glass.
Anyway, looking around trying to recall where (if) I posted this I was trying to ascertain just what (really) it was. Searching “Imperial car pennant” I found zip. Nothing similar that I could find for a lance either. In fact, I couldn’t find a tri-color with the eagle configured this way. Knowing virtually nothing of flags, my impression, from stumbling around trying to make sense from descriptive nuances in other threads that I’m tripping over is that it’s seemingly not some version of war flag (IKF) but, possibly, some manner of Imperial Government Service Flag (IDF) where it has the ribbon crowned eagle. I’m hoping for some enlightenment here as well as where might a 12”x15” flag such as this be used?
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