DLV Pennant

CATEGORY: Version

SKU: 55.GOR.05.002.000

Estimated market value:

$450 USD

  • DLV Pennant Obverse
  • DLV Pennant Reverse
  • DLV Pennant Obverse Detail
  • DLV Pennant Reverse Detail
  • DLV Pennant Detail
  • DLV Pennant Cord Detail
  • DLV Pennant Frame Detail

Estimated market value:

$450 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Germany

Physical Description and Item Details


With steel frame, white cord edging, two triangular panels of blue rayon sewn back-to-back, large insignia in embroidered red, white, and black, some soiling, remains very fine.

History


On March 25, 1933 the DLV (Deutscher Luftsportverband = German Air Sports Association) was created as a civilian sports organisation, the umbrella organisation of all air-related sports. However, from the very beginning, the DLV was used to secretly train its members for future roles in the newly emerging Luftwaffe, a breach of the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
The organisation should not be confused with the Deutscher Luftfahrtverband (also abbreviated DLV), which was formed in 1902, but disbanded in favour of the new DLV under Third Reich rule.

The DLV was split into two groups, the civilian section and the secret military section, known as the “Fliegerschaft” (air crew). The organisation eventually became obsolete after the official unveiling of the Luftwaffe in 1935, and it was disbanded and replaced by the National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK or Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps) in 1937.

The DLV pennant is a blue triangle featuring the DLV emblem, a black swastika on a white winged propeller superimposed on a red circle with white inside and outside borders.

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