Original German WWII Enormous SS Runes Flag Purportedly Captured by GIs of the 80th Division Outside of Building in Erfurt in 1945 Alongside State Flag - 114” x 202” U.S. Marines USMC most likely for the 8th

most likely for the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars

These were to be manufactured at Springfield Armory

and probably 20 horses were killed

plugging gaps whenever the need arose

Original German WWII Enormous SS Runes Flag Purportedly Captured by GIs of the 80th Division Outside of Building in Erfurt in 1945 Alongside State Flag - 114” x 202” U.S. Marines USMC most likely for the 8thOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of NSDAPsm and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied Europe.