Garry

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I was asked about the black pennants so here's some information on them.

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In 1933 there were three official black pennants used by both the BDM and JM. The first (and smallest) of these was the BDM-Mädelschar / Jungmädelschar pennant. Its appearance can be seen in the above picture. As can be seen, the reverse side of the pennant has a different design and this was permitted by the order. The next pennant was employed at the BDM-Mädelring / JM-Ring level and its size was 60x100cm. Again, the reverse side could have a freely chosen design, for example a Wolfsangel. The highest-level pennant was for the Untergau. This pennant had the cloth diamond on black on both sides and additionally, the Untergau name in chain-stitching.

On the 21st of March 1935, new regulations governing BDM/JM pennants were introduced. From this point on, only the JM used black pennants. The BDM used red/white/red. The regulation stipulated that the formations of Mädelring and Mädelschar were no longer authorised to carry a pennant so the pennants now in force were:

Red/white/red
BDM-Untergau
BDM-Mädelgruppe
BDM-Mädelschaft

Black
JM-Untergau
JM-Gruppe
Jungmädelschaft

A post 1935 JM-Gruppe pennant:
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and its equivalent in the BDM:
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Garry,

thx for the Info, wasn't aware that also the colors of the pennants had different meanings (JM / BDM) so learned something new.
That is what makes collecting this stuff interesting (up to today I do not own one flag nor a pennant) you never will know it all.
Mike
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