LAH141 The Blood Flag Bearer First Legion-Stalingrad Russians Officer with Binoculars

Officer with Binoculars

as you can see

As you all know

sword drawn

One gunner transporting the shell

LAH141 The Blood Flag Bearer First Legion-Stalingrad Russians Officer with BinocularsThe Blood Flag or Blutfahne was supposedly carried during Hitlers failed attempt to overthrow the Bavarian Government in Munich in 1923. It was said to have been stained with the blood of those killed and wounded during a skirmish with the Munich police. Thereafter it was treated like a Holy Relic and appeared at all major Nazi functions, parades and events. For almost 20 years it was only carried by one SS man Jakob Grimminger who rose from the ranks