Germany // Army 1936-1945 / Motorized Signals Standard PIN
These small pins, ten plastic and one metal were purchased by Ben Zaricor during a visit to Germany in 1994. They were offered as pins sold to raise money for hospitals treating wounded Wehrmacht personnel
The design of these colors (fahnen) and standards (standarten) dates from 1936 (1938 for Luftwaffe) is: a square white flag with a black Iron Cross extending nearly to the edges of the flag; the cross has a silver border followed by a thinner black edge and a white fimbriation; in each corner is a black swastika.
At the center of the flag is a white disk surrounded by a silver wreath and containing a black ("Army type", with wings directed downward) eagle grasping a black swastika thus similar to the eagle that frequently appeared on Army steel helmets.
Cavalry and other motorized units altered the shape of the flag by extending the top and bottom, creating a swallow tail effect.
In each case, the background was in the arm of service color (Waffenfarbe).
This item is associated with:
ZFC0541 Hermann Goering Regiment Color
ZFC0542 Motorized Signals Standard
ZFC0543 Luftwaffe Flying Troops Color
ZFC0544 Cavalry Standard
ZFC0545 Motorized Artillery / Anti-Aircraft Standard
ZFC0546 Motorized Engineer Standard
ZFC0547 Motorized Grenadier Standard
ZFC0548 Mountain Troops & Rifle Color
ZFC0549 Pioneer Color
ZFC0550 Motorized Smoke, Chemical & Gas Standard
ZFC0551 Unidentified Imperial German Color
ZFC Noteworthy Flag
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