Cloth eagles and armband help

[Texasuberalles]

Jim.
I've done a bit of digging.
This photo was taken at Buchenwald in April 1945.....just after its liberation.
These ex-prisoners were German nationals from Bavaria......political prisoners........so were better fed than the others. Some were probably used as Kapos.
Look at the guy at the right.....he's wearing an armband very much like yours.

I sure wonder what the 'banner' on the flag says...

[Josef Hahne]

Alles,
It looks to read "Day of the Anti Fascist Fighters"

Sepp

[Robin Lumsden]

That's right.....presumably these men were for the most part hard-line German Communists. It's interesting to see that the chap seated at front centre still has his KL striped trousers on.