VERY RARE Original WWII German Kriegsmarine (Navy) Wassersportflagge (Water Sports Flag) Certified

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VERY RARE Original WWII German Kriegsmarine (Navy) Wassersportflagge (Water Sports Flag) Certified.  A nice but used naval watersports flag. Produced in wool and shows a few minor tear spots. Measures roughly 11-3/4″ long and about 8-5/8″ wide making this a perfect display size. Header complete with the internal rope. A nice example of a rare flag! In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy previously, and prohibited the building of submarines. The Kriegsmarine ‘s most significant ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943 when U-boat losses mounted. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck . However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys.  Nice example with expected used U.S. Veteran bring-back condition.   Scarce in such good condition. Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. Rare 100% Guaranteed to be authentic . Sold for historic purposes only. See our other pieces on our web site.    Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. A VERY RARE FLAG!