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Flag, Polish Minister of Marine
Flag of the Polish Minister of Marine reputedly flown on the first submarine to escape from the Russo-German occupation of Poland in 1939.
A printed wool bunting flag with a machine sewn linen hoist containing a rope. The flag is swallow tailed and divided horizontally white over red. In the upper part is a red shield bearing a white, crowned eagle displayed, with a white foul anchor in the lower part of the flag.
A printed wool bunting flag with a machine sewn linen hoist containing a rope. The flag is swallow tailed and divided horizontally white over red. In the upper part is a red shield bearing a white, crowned eagle displayed, with a white foul anchor in the lower part of the flag.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA0491 |
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| Collection: | Flags |
| Type: | State flag |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Poland |
| Events: | World War II: Invasion of Poland, 1939; World War II, 1939-1945 |
| Date made: | Before 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | flag: 508 x 711.2 mm |