War Ensign 1935-1938 (Germany)

Reichskriegsflagge

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Olivier Vercammen
Flag adopted 5th October 1935, modified February 1938

• Description

See also:

• War Ensign 1938-1945
• Introduction to Third Reich Flags
• Flags used 15th September 1935 - 8th May 1945 (Third Reich, Germany)
• Germany

Two different patterns of this flag existed:

1. 1935-1938: the bars of the center cross do not connect with the rings of the disc and border rings of the white disc are uninterrupted.
2. 1938-1945: the white disc shifted slightly towards the seam. There are sections of the outer black border of the disc connected to the outer black borders of the cross, and that outer black border is interrupted