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🇮🇶 Signed Iraqi Operation Iraqi Freedom flag, FG-061. Crudely manufactured Iraqi national flag measuring approximately 80 × 130 cm , bearing 59 handwritten names, ranks, nicknames and personal messages from United States Marines and Navy personnel.

🧵 Wool is not a date. German flag cloth standards show that wool, weave, and size alone cannot prove pre-1945 manufacture.

🇩🇪 West German Bundesmarine naval ensign, FG-059. Swallowtail 76 × 136 cm federal service flag with Bundesschild . Wool-blend construction, multi-panel assembly and reinforced hoist with braided halyard.

🔴 DDR Volksmarine Dienstflagge, FG-058. East German 50 × 85 cm naval service flag with reduced emblem variant . Synthetic flag cloth, multi-panel construction and a separately printed state emblem patch.

🔴 DDR Volksmarine Dienstflagge, FG-057. East German 67 × 110 cm naval service flag with large state emblem variant. Cotton flag cloth, multi-panel construction and heavy pigment-printed emblem within laurel wreath.

🔵 NATO IFOR/SFOR armored-vehicle flag, FG-056. Hungarian-made 40 × 50 cm operational flag used by Northern Brigade units during the Balkan mission. Satin-weave polyester, grey braided hoist rope, and Mecsek Zászlóműhely label. Provenance: Danish military auction , returned by a Balkan veteran.