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Adolf Hitler reviewing SA members in 1935. He is accompanied by the Blutfahne and its bearer SS-Sturmbannführer Jakob Grimminger.. The Blutfahne (pronounced [ˈbluːtfaːnə]), or Blood Flag, is or was a Nazi Party swastika flag that was carried during the attempted coup d'état Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, Germany on 9 November 1923, during which it became soaked in the blood of one of the SA ...
A rejected national flag design was also used as a battle flag by the Confederate Army and featured in the "Stainless Banner" and "Blood-Stained Banner" designs. Although this design was never a national flag , it is the most commonly recognized symbol of the Confederacy.
Jakob Grimminger (25 April 1892 – 28 January 1969) [1] was a German Nazi Party and Schutzstaffel (SS) member. As the official standard-bearer of the Blutfahne, an iconic flag of the Nazi movement that had become bloodstained during the Munich Putsch in 1923, Grimminger often appeared close to Hitler in photographs and during ceremonies.
A "Blood-Stained Banner" 3rd CSA flag flying on the grounds of the Marion County Governmental Complex was removed after the Charleston shooting, then reinstated, and eventually removed again. The old flag was taken to the nearby Marion County Historical Museum on Memorial Day 2016 for storage inside, and a new flag in the design of the 1st CSA ...
The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-565-54109-2. OCLC 30780284. Documentary History of the Flag and Seal of the Confederate States of America, 1861-'65. Compiled by Raphael P. Thian. Washington. 1880.
The blood stains were contact stains, and in his forensic research, Garrera found them consistent with the type of stain that would occur in such a situation. He also tested the material used in manufacturing the flag, policies at that time on displaying the American flags in ceremonies and the disposition of all the flags at Ford's Theatre.
Often called bloody flags or the bloody red (among other names, see § Names), pattern-free red flags were the traditional nautical symbol in European waters prior to the invention of flag signal codes to signify an intention to give battle and that 'no quarter would be given', indicating that surrender would not be accepted and all prisoners killed, but also vice versa, meaning that the one ...
Blood-Stained Banner, Confederate States Bo Najma w Hlal ("Flag of the Star and the Crescent"), Libya; Bonnie Blue flag, official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States. Bosanski Ljiljan ("Bosnian lily"), former flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina