History

The SS Command Flags were instituted on August 17, 1933. They are in the same design as the SA command flags, but in black and white instead of red and white. They were available either as flags or as vehicle pennants.
Early examples use an SA/political eagle design, but in 1936 with the introduction of the new and unique SS eagle design the flags were updated. The eagle always faces to the viewer’s right.
A strengthening bar was worn along the upper edge of the command flags and pennants so that they were unable to collapse on days without wind.

The flag of Heinrich Himmler as supreme leader of the SS (Reichsführer-SS) is a square and divided into four triangles. The horizontal triangles are white and the vertical triangles are black. In the middle the flag features a silver-coloured national eagle emblem with swastika in wreath.
The flag measures 90x90 cms, whereas the vehicle pennant measures 30x30 cms.