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LOT 2131
Imperial German Kriegsmarine Small Flag
1914-1918 A.D.
9 1/2 in. (39 grams, 24 cm wide).
Rectangular Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial war flag) with printed design of imperial eagle, with wired cord; in a later clear sleeve. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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