Flags & standards of the Third Reich. Army, navy, & air force, 1933 - 1945.

Einband leicht berieben. Besitzvermerk. - The progression of national colours from the German Federation of 1848 to the Third Reich of 1933 -- The Bremen Incident -- The Law relating to the National Flag, 15 September 1935 -- The regulations governing the use of the National Flag on ocean-going merchant ships -- Personal standards and command flags -- The methods used for displaying command flags and personal standards on motor vehicles -- Unit Colours used during the Imperial German and Weimar Republic periods -- The F�hrer Decree of 16 March 1936. The re-introduction of the presentation of new unit Colours -- The presentation of flags and standards to units of the German armed forces. A chronological listing of known occasions -- The presentation of Colours, the bestowal or amendment of unit traditions and the change of 'arm of service colour' during the war -- Projected commemorative streamers for armed forces units that participated in the German entry into Austria, the Sudetenland, Bohemia-Moravia and Memel -- Waffenfarben -- Emblems: The German eagle -- The origin and history of the Iron Cross -- The swastika -- The meaning and use of oak leaves and laurel leaves -- The orders relating to the parading of the new unit flags and standards -- Colour parties, their composition and function -- Flag days for the German armed forces -- The use of unit Colours for oath taking ceremonies -- The 'Flag Order of 1944'. The withdrawal of unit Colours and the Total War situation -- The Russian victory parade, Moscow 24 June 1945. ISBN 9780356048796