Germany, Kriegsmarine. A State Service Flag Archive The leather chinstrap has hardened

The leather chinstrap has hardened with age but remains intact

circumscribed by an inscription of “VERFASSUNGSTAG IM JAHRE DER RHEINLANDBEFREIUNG 1930” (“CONSTITUTION DAY IN THE YEAR OF THE LIBERATION OF THE RHINELAND 1930”)

with the AvD emblem embossed on the cover

Sorlini) and number stamped "426" on the reverse

Both flags resulted from the Commonwealth Government's 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition which required two entries: an ensign for Commonwealth Government use and another for the merchant navy

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A State Service Flag Archive The leather chinstrap has hardened(Reichsdienstflagge). A very well preserved Reichsdienstflagge (State Service Flag), constructed of red cotton twill, overlaid by double sided white discs measuring 104 cm in diameter, in turn bearing ribbed black swastikas, with the upper hoist edge of each side featuring a black and white German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the hoist edge reinforced by a layer of white cotton twill with a hollow channel retaining an