Original German WWII SS Double "Lightning Bolt" Runes Flag - 35” x 37 1/2” - Schutzstaffel DP-28 LMG Mann Gerhard Bischoff on embroidered

Mann Gerhard Bischoff on embroidered panels on both sides of the flag

This grenade stands about 14 inches tall with a 4 inch long inert explosive head

and still have some of the original paint

The screw on the side of the barrel that pushes out the barrel wedge is seized

Original German WWII SS Double "Lightning Bolt" Runes Flag - 35” x 37 1/2” - Schutzstaffel DP-28 LMG Mann Gerhard Bischoff on embroideredOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, Adolf AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of the NSDAP and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied