Celebratory Banner for one of the largest Sports Festivals in 1935

Stock No. 71461

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On one side is stitched

“ 1. Gaufest ………Für Leibesübungen Gau 14 Baden Karlsruhe 28.7.1935” and “ Fidelitas” in a shield – High quality embroidered stitching approximately  640mm long and 130mm wide

Karlsruhe is the town/area

Couple of grubby dirt marks. Revers is Red fabric with a circular Hakenkreuz (may have been re-stitched) 

A super display piece and super piece of social history

The Gaufest-  Reichsbund for physical exercises 1935 in Karlsruhe

One year after the formation of the DRL and a year before the Olympic Games in Berlin, the regime and sports officials attributed the greatest importance to physical training exercises, which were first held in July 1935

In Baden, the competition was scheduled for the 21st to 28th of July.