KM flag... What do you think?

[Walkwolf]

I'd expect all these flags were screen printed. I too believe more on the side
that it was some type of liquid or other that has made the ink bleed
and not over-spray, even though it looks like it.........

[BOB COLEMAN]

I have never seen colors run like they appear to have on this flag. The images certainly raise doubt. This does not purport to be a Kreigsmarine flag as the edge bunting would have an eagle with "M" stamp. This pattern was used by all branches of the Wehrmacht.

[Walkwolf]

This is a Reichskriegsflagge which loosely translates to 'National War Flag',
and were widely used, as Bob has said.

A quick pass under a blacklight bulb, and a look at the construction
of the edge and corner seams should reveal if it is good or not,
regardless of the damage.........

[JIM IN OHIO]

I BOUGHT ONE AND WHEN I GOT IT HOME I PUT IT UNDER MY 4 FOOT BLACK LIGHT AND iT GLOWED ..I WAS LUCKY THE SELLER TOOK IT BACK...
THE FEEL ..AND THE STICHING WAS THE SAME AS ON MY 3 OTHER K.M.FLAGS.. BUT THEY DONT GLOW.!!!.POLAND AND MANY SO CALLED EX-COM-COUNTRYS ARE TURNING THEM OUT ...COUNTERFITING NAZI ERA ITEMS IS A EPADEMIC. AS IS BATTLE FIELD GRAVE ROBBING ..IF YOU COLLECT YOU WILL GET FOOLED SOONER OR LATER...THE CROOKS ARE FIXING THIER MISTAKES USING ORIGINAL DIES AND THE SAME MATERIAL AS USED IN 1939 (THESE ARE CALLED MUSEUM QUALITY PIECES ) THE KNIGHTS CROSS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE AND SS HONOR RINGS AND SS BANNERS WITH CLOTH THAT PASSES THE BLACK LIGHT TEST AND HAS THE CORECT MARKINGS IS GETTING MORE AND MORE COMMON EVERY DAY ... MANY COLLECTORS SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE A LAW THAT ALL REPO ITEMS BE MARKED AS A REPO ...BUT THAT WOULD NEVER STOP A GOOD COUNTERFITER...HE WOULD ONLY FIND A WAY TO HIDE IT OR REMOVE IT AND SELL IT TO YOU AND ME AS A 70 PLUS YEAR OLD ANTIQUE ...THE PRICE OF THE ITEMS WE COLLECT WILL NEVER GO DOWN THEY GET FEWER AND FEWER EACH YEAR ..AND THE DEMAND KEEPS GOING UP AS DOSE THE PRICE ....AND YOU AND I THE COLLECTOR .ARE THE CASH COW...AND THE CRIMINALS WILL CONTINUE TO MILK US FOR ALL HE CAN GET....AND ITS GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY ...RESURCH BOOKS AND PLACES LIKE THE WAR RELICS FORUM WE KNOW WE OLD TIMERS HAVE BEEN FOOLED AND IT SICKENS US THAT OUR HOBBIE ..OUR INVESTMENT IN HISTORY IS THE TARGET FOR ANYONE THAT CAN REPODUCE A ITEM THAT ON THE COMMON MARKET FOR 3 OR 4 HUNDRED DOLLARS IS BEING MADE FOR 5 OR 10 DOLLARS AND PALMED OFF TO YOU YOUNGER COLLECTORS AS ORIGINAL ....AS THEY SAY ...CAVIOT EMPTOR...IF ITS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBIBLY IS A FAKE ...TILL PROVED OTHER WISE ORIGINAL....WATCH YOUR BACK ... JIM IN OHIO