Reich's Chancellery Tapestry
From New Reich's Chancellery in Berlin, heavy cotton construction, some soiling. Red field, with black-white border and gold edging. In center, white disk with black swastika with gold trim, surrounded by gold embroidered oakleaf wreath. Finished with gold fringe. Reverse covered in red cotton. Upper edge with broad hem, inside a sleeve for wall hanging rod. It measures approximately 69 inches wide by 86 ½ inches tall. Minor damage along upper and lower right side.
See: Lt. Col. Thomas N. Johnson "World War II German War Booty" Columbia 1982, p. 56 ff. with illustration of an identical piece from war souvenirs of American Sgt. Ed. Lukow with his description of Reich's Chancellery "...when I entered one of the rooms, there were two large swastika/gold oak leaf tapestries still hanging on one wall with a huge portrait of Fieldmarshall von Hindenburg between them...".
See time 5:01 Battle of Berlin 1945 - Nazi Germany vs Soviet Union.
| Rating: | Exc |
| Item Number: | FL-18079 |
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