Nazi flag captured in Germany by US soldiers and signed at a postwar reunion
The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Gerald McMahon on behalf of members of the 230th Field Artillery Battalion.
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Red cloth banner with a black canted swastika on a white circle, signed in ink by 66 soldiers. front, black ink : signatures, 66 soldiers, 230th Field Artillary back, black ink : signatures, 12 soldiers, 71st Division, US Army
overall: Height: 27.875 inches (70.803 cm) | Width: 54.500 inches (138.43 cm)
Nazi flag captured in Germany by twelve members of the 230th Field Artillery, 71st Division, U.S. Army, circa 1945. It has the signatures of 66 members of the Battalion, signed in October 1992.