Belgium : Complete Flag-Standard of the 1940-45 Royal Civilian War Victims Association Branch in St Niklaas, Flanders.

Silk / rayon Belgian tricolour flag 122cms x 93cms (4' x 3') with red / yellow / black fringe on three sides. .It is fitted to a two-part black wooden pole with brass fittings and finial showing a dove of peace within a circle. The flag cloth has a printed royal crown stitched to both sides and the machine embroidered black title "Kon. Burgerlijker Oorlogs-Slacht Offers. Sint-Niklaas" and in white, the dates "1940-45".
The overall height of the pole is 2.47mtrs (8' 1").
Sint Niklaas was heavily bombed by the Germans in WW2 resulting in more than 120 civilian deaths. Today the city commemorates them at the Monument for Civilian War Victims located on the Kroonmolenplein, as well as through a unified final resting place at the Tereken Cemetery and localized Struikelstenen (stumbling stones) memorials. This flag is obviously associated with this event.
The flag has been used but is in extremely good clean condition.

Code: 54530