Metal pennant, but whats if for?

[kirby]

Weren't mine fields marked with a black skull in a down pointing yellow cloth triangle.

[JERSEY 34]

I am sure were on the right track, but does anyone have any sort of proof to the theory.... it sounds and looks correct.
D.

[Jerry B]

Weren't mine fields marked with a black skull in a down pointing yellow cloth triangle.

A common misconception, the flag you describe was for Gas marking, the proof in period pictures can be found by a forum search.

[HPL2008]

Some sort of unit/command pennant; surely not a mine- or gas warning flag.

In the Wehrmacht, a triangular command pennant, horizontally divided into black upper and lower thirds and a branch-colored mid-section identified a brigade.

However, I am only aware of letters and numbers appearing in the mid-section. No idea about the meaning of the skull-in-a-triangle.

[JERSEY 34]

Hi HPL2008,
Its a slow process but I am sure we will get close to its actual original purpose as the forum members always pull out all the stops on items like this.
D.

[Jerry B]

I was thinking a command unit flag/pennant rather than a warning flag, if that was not clear.

[JERSEY 34]

Hi Anon,
You possibly right, there is a photo list on a sheet of paper but its hard to read the old German script. I will have another look at it tomorrow in sunlight...hopefully, unless it rains.
D.

[Heavington]

It could be from one of the towns that Nazi scientists did experiments on, if someone could pull an article on that, but I think they did experiment somewhere in Poland or another country near it and poured chemicals into the town to see what would happen.

[visor]

If it is in front of a house , has to be a command post or office for something.

[HPL2008]

It could be from one of the towns that Nazi scientists did experiments on, if someone could pull an article on that, but I think they did experiment somewhere in Poland or another country near it and poured chemicals into the town to see what would happen.

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2. Huh?