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A red flag, in the center a wreath of silver laurel leaves. In the center of the wreath a white field, in the center of which a black National Eagle (as in the service flag, without swastika). Suspended from the wreath the Pour le Merite [First World War decoration for valour]. Extending from the side of the wreath a pair of silver stylized wings; connecting each corner and the wedge a white black-bordered wedge on which in each corner a black swastika, giving the impression of an overall cross. The reverse was similar, except that eagle and swastikas reversed positions (swastika in center, eagles at corners). Illustrated in Davis 1975, p. 100 and [Roger James] Bender, The Luftwaffe, p. 282]. This flag remained in use until 1935.
Norman Martin, 1998
![[Minister for Air Travel 1933-1935 (Third Reich, Germany)]](../images/d/de_luft6.gif)
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by Jaume Ollé
An alternative design to the flag of the Minister for Air Travel. The design is rather similar except for having a red, rather than a white, central disk, and having the diagonal white wedges extend only slightly more than half the distance, so that the swastikas appear in the red field. In use 1933? to 1935. [Davis 1975 has a black and w