German Red Cross Deputy President’s Flag

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SKU: 70.GOR.05.004.000

  • German Red Cross Deputy President’s Flag Obverse

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  • Country
    Germany
  • Image Licensing
    The image of the German Red Cross Deputy President’s Flag is attributed to Fornax at Wikipedia and is in the public domain through the CC-SA 3.0 Unported License. This image has been cropped. For more information see the following page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flagge_DRK_Pr%C3%A4sident_stv_1938.svg

History


Following the First World War, the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, DRK) was threatened in its existence by the Treaty of Versailles, since the organisation was mainly focused on preparing its members for war and military-related medical service. This resulted in the DRK switching focus to social welfare activities during the time of the Weimar Republic.

The stipulations enforced by the Treaty of Versailles were declared null and void following the NSDAP’s consolidation of power in 1933. The new Reich Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Frick, an NSDAP member, ensured that the DRK would be ready to support all of the Third Reich’s future military affairs and political ideologies. In 1938, the DRK was merged with the Ministry of the Interior’s Social Welfare Organisation, officially becoming an organisation under NSDAP oversight. The DRK also had ties to the SS, mainly due to high-ranking medical professionals serving in both organisations simultaneously.

The flag of the DRK Deputy President is square and features the 2nd pattern DRK eagle emblem in black, white, and red superimposed on two diagonal black stripes reaching from corner to corner. All this is on a white background and within a single black border.

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