Church pennants
The church pennant (red cross on a white background) was a pennant of the German Imperial Navy.
use
On warships of the German navy it waved over the war or national flag at the stern during the service and indicated that the ship should be kept away from visitors while it was blowing.
literature
- Franz Reinecke: German Flag Handbook, Flag Law and Flag Ceremony according to the latest German and international regulations , Hahnschebuchhandlung, 1900
swell
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 11. Leipzig 1907, p. 61
- Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, fifth edition, volume 1. Leipzig 1911., p. 968