Original Cold War German Manufactured Marine Signal Flag Letter T (Tango) Wool Flag – 50cm x 50cm Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This German made Marine Signal Flag Letter T (Tango) Wool Flag is in excellent condition, with only very minor wear to it. The colors are still bright and the stitches are in a nice shape. The original hooks on both sides of the flag are still present. It bears the markings US15B/01/07703/038/1, T, 50 x 50 GrJ, 4345-12-120-7370. It also has the manufacturer patch on it: Bonner Fahnenfabrik. Loosely translated it stands for the flag fabric from Bonn. Beneath the manufacturer’s name, there stands: Bonn Postfack 344. Flag measures 50cm (20″) x 50cm (20″).

Phonetic Pronunciation: TANG-go
Navy Meaning: Do not pass ahead of me.
International Meaning: Keep clear; engaged in trawling.
International Code of Signal Flags have double stitched seams, finished nylon rope distance lines and ash toggles.
 
The Bonner Fahnenfabrik is a traditional company that was based in Bonn’s Graurheindorf district until 2018. In the twentieth century, the company, which has been producing decorative items since 1866, was one of Germany’s largest flag manufacturers.
 
Josef Meyer (1818-1884), a Jewish merchant, founded the company in 1866 as a shop for decorative items and wallpaper. The first company headquarters were located at the heart of Bonn. The wars of 1864 and 1866 increased the demand for flag decorations, which Meyer met by manufacturing flags. Following the establishment of the German Reich in 1871, business activities were expanded to include the production of the black, white, and red imperial flags, as well as the Prussian flag.
 
During the height of the Great Depression in 1923, the factory was permitted by the government to issue home-made factory money known as “wage checks.” During this period, the flag production was based on the valuation of rye and wheat prices.