The pennant was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Iris Kent Benyishay, Judy Kent Galioto and Dorothy Kent, the daughters of Harry S. Kent.
Triangular, dark green cloth pennant bearing an embroidered, white parteiadler, an eagle with outstretched wings looking to the right and clutching a swastika in its talons (a). The pennant has become detached from a leather and plastic backing (b) and cover (c), which originally fastened together using several metal snaps along the straight, short end of the pennant.
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a: Height: 8.630 inches (21.92 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Depth: 0.130 inches (0.33 cm) b: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm) c: Height: 813.000 inches (2065.02 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
The parteiadler pennent is one of several artifacts of high ranking Nazi party members retrieved by United States soldier Harry S. Kent while serving in Europe during World War II (1939-1945). He was a Viennese Jewish refugee, born Siegmund Katz, who returned to Europe as a soldier with the US Army. The artifacts were likely collected as evidence by the US Army following the war.
Nazi pennant bearing a Parteiadler retrieved by US soldier Harry S. Kent