Reich service flag with a swastika and Nazi eagle captured by an uknown soldier

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Large, rectangular machine-sewn wool flag bearing a printed, black-and-white swastika and a Nazi eagle. A white disk sits at the center within which is an upright black swastika. It is borderded by white and black bands. The white center circle is bordered by black and white bands. The open-winged, left-facing Nazi eagle is printed in the upper left quandrant or canton and is outlined in black, holding an emblem that bears a solid black, canted swastika. The cotton hoist has a hemp rope running through it that is looped on both ends with metal clips at either end. A cream colored tag attached to the underside, top edge of the hoist details the name of the manufacturer in blue lettering. The top corner of the hoist is also reinforced with a machine-sewn patch of red fabric stamped with the German manufacturing information in black ink on the underside of the flag. The flag is comprised of plain weave fabric in two panels that were first sewn together and then screenprinted after its initial assembly. The flag’s edge is machine-stitched with weld or flat-felled seams. There is some insect damage throughout.