WWI Gigantic German wool Hesse Flag

Description

WWI Gigantic German Hesse Flag. Over 12 feet long.  Some minor holes (picturedCondition is Used. Shipped with USPS First Class.
Imperial German Hesse wool flag measures 50 X 194 inches and has an unusual anchor system to mount the flag on a building. Flag in nicely maker marked to the bunting. The flag consists of a bi-color of a red top and a bottom white stripe, in the proportion. The colors red and white are based on that of the Ludovingian coat of arms, showing a lion with a ninefold horizontal white and red division. The coat of arms was inherited by the House of Hesse upon its split from the Duchy of Thuringia in 1247, and the flag came into use in the early modern Landgraviate of Hesse; the modern Grand Duchy of Hesse used a flag with two red stripes, as did the People's State of Hesse until 1933. The flag of Thuringia was introduced in 1920, with its formation out of the fragmented Thuringian states (the Duchy of Thuringia had been absorbed into Saxony in 1400), as the reverse of the flag of Hesse