Flags of the Navy 1933-1945 (Germany)

Deutsche Kriegsmarine

Last modified: 2004-06-05 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Grand Admiral's Flag (Grossadmiralsflagge)
• Flag of the Inspector Admiral of the Navy of the Greater German Reich with the Rank of Grand Admiral 1943-1945 (Flagge des Admiralinspekteurs der Kriegsmarine des Grossdeutschen Reiches im Range eines Grossadmirals)
• Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, if not a Grand Admiral (Flagge des Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine, sofern er nicht Grossadmiral ist)
• General Admiral's Flag (Generaladmiralsflagge)
• Admiral's Flag (Admiralsflagge)
• Car Pennant for Admirals (Dienstwimpel am Kraftwagen für Admirale)
• Vice Admiral's Flag (Vizeadmiralsflagge)
• Rear Admiral's Flag (Konteradmiralsflagge)
• Car Command Flag for Navy Fortress Commanders in Staff Officer Positions and Navy Regimental Commanders (Kommandozeichen am Kraftwagen für Festungskommandanten als Stabsoffiziersstellungen und Regimentskommandeure der Kriegsmarine)
• Car Command Pennant for Navy Division Commander
• Car Command Pennant for Navy Brigade Commander
• Car Command Pennant for Navy Regiment Commander
• Car Command Pennant for Navy Batallion Commanders (Kommandozeichen am Kraftwagen für Abteilungskommandeure der Kriegsmarine)
• Car Pennant for Other Members of the Navy (Dienstwimpel am Kraftwagen für die übrigen Angehörigen der Kriegsmarine)
• War Merit Pennants 1940-1945

See also:

• The Iron Cross
• Rank Flags of the Imperial Navy 1871-1919
• Flags of the Armed Forces 1933-1945 (Wehrmacht)
• War Ensign: 1933-1935 and 1935-1945
• Third Reich 1933-1945
• Germany

The Nazis continued the use of the Naval rank flags which the Weimar Republic had inherited from [the] Imperial Navy. In addition they installed 3 new ones: Generaladmiralsflagge, Grossadmiralsfla