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Lot 3626: Rare Luftwaffe Double Sided Trumpet Banner for an Airbase Comman

Rare Luftwaffe Double Sided Trumpet Banner for an Airbase Commander

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: September 11, 2015

Lot 3626: Rare Luftwaffe Double Sided Trumpet Banner for an Airbase Comman

Rare Luftwaffe Double Sided Trumpet Banner for an Airbase Commander

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: September 11, 2015

Estimated Price: $2,500 - $4,000
Price Realized:
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Rare Luftwaffe Double Sided Trumpet Banner for an Airbase Commander

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Type: Other
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Catalog Page: 230
Class: Other
Description:

Measuring 19 1/8 inches wide and 15 inches tall, both sides of the banner feature yellow fields trimmed in silver ribbon and 2 inch long braided silver wire fringe. One side in silver bullion lettering has the text "Fliegerhorstkommandantur/Schweinfurt" indicating the commander of the Luftwaffe base at Schweinfurt; a major center of Nazi ball-bearing production, Schweinfurt was also home for a training range for Ju-87 dive bombers starting in the 1930s. Allied intelligence designated the ball-bearing factories as a "bottleneck" in Nazi war material production, which made them priority targets for Allied air forces, and the city suffered between 50-80% losses of industrial buildings and private homes during the war in spite of heavy flak defenses and active engagement of the bomber fleets by Luftwaffe fighters. At the end of hostilities, Schweinfurt was occupied and cleaned up by the Americans who took up residence in the former Wehrmacht facilities around town. The reverse side of the banner is a rendering of a large silver bullion Luftwaffe eagle perched on a black swastika in a silver wreath with additional black swastikas in white rays with black and silver borders.

Rating Definition:

Very good, showing a very small amount of wear and staining.



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