Posted 7 years ago
whitman75
(349 items)
Here is an uncommon WW2 German SS Skull Insignia Pennant Flag at least that's what I believe it to acquired with numberous other items from home of WW2 vet. The flag is double sided and measures about 15.5 inches long also appears to have been stamped but cannot make it out. The rings have heavy oxidation showing the flags age as well.
Try a black lite on it & tell us if anything glows.
Ook will do
I've come back because the style of the skull just isn't right for SS & looks too much like a typical current pirate rendition.
I gave it the test and nothing happened also the corrosion on the metal holes is definitely old that just can't be faked. I agree the Skull is usually different but who's to say there isn't variants that haven't been found also how many of these German items have been destroyed over the years? It's also odd that all the other pieces are all original.
Let's see what others with expertise say. Fast aging of brass is easy, even without harming the cloth. What do you think the cloth is ?
Blunder I was doing some reading and found out some Allied Subs and Ships would raise Jolly Roger Like Flags after successful missions this appears to small for a Sub but an interesting fact.
Taught me something there. Hope an answer is found because this is just not close to the normal SS pattern.
"-- the SS pattern was devised in 1933/34 ---". Before that, the deaths head was loosely patterned from the Prussian design. This could be a very early pennant, but still reminds me of what we see here on beaches etc.. The fact that it is made with no synthetic fibers just confuses the thing more.
Blunder I also read that they did make some out of Rayon Material as well.
The black lite has always been the "proof in the pudding" test as I've always known. Just looked up rayon & see no reason that it wasn't slipping into the Reich war industry before the end of the war. That would finally explain an armband I have that has one line of stitching that shines under black lite & yet has the official adler ink stamp.