122 Early Standard of the DLV "Reichsführer".

 On the front large embroidered DLV - emblem of silvered metal threads and black wool thread embroidery and the letters: "DLV" (Deutscher Luftsportverband) and "RF" (Reichsführung). Background of white and red triangular fields with green silk border.

The reverse with emblem of the 1st DLV - President and Reichsluftsportführer Bruno Loerzer in the form of an eagle, in the fangs a circular field with the embroidered badge of the highest Prussian bravery award  "Pour le Mérite" awarded to Loerzer in WW1. The whole surmounted by rising sun and surrounded by embroidered oak leaves and the motto "All Heil". Two-sided fringe hanging of gilded metal threads. Loops on the sides for attaching to a pole. Additional holding loops at the top. Somewhat brittle in the blue silk on the reverse, otherwise only minor signs of use consistent with age.

50 x 52 cm.

The German Air Sports Association (DLV e. V.) was an association founded by the NSDAP in March 1933. Officially the national umbrella organization for air sports, it was in reality a paramilitary front organization for building up the Luftwaffe. With it, the uniform basis for military aviation training was laid. It was succeeded in 1937 by the National Socialist Flying Corps. Already at the end of March 1933 - even before the establishment of the Reich Aviation Ministry - all air sports organizations were reorganized by Hermann Göring as Reich Commissioner for Aviation. At the official founding meeting on March 25, 1933, the Rhön-Rossitten Society, the Aero Club of Germany, the German Aviation Association and the National Socialist Flying Corps formed the German Air Sports Association as a unified national federation. The associations subsequently disbanded, with only the Aero-Klub von Deutschland remaining as a mere representation to foreign countries. All the facilities of the above associations, their training facilities and flying schools were transferred to the DLV. Bruno Loerzer, a friend of Hermann Göring and a fighter pilot in World War I, became the first president. After disclosure of the Luftwaffe in 1935, the president of the DLV bore the title Reichsluftsportführer. Colonel Albrecht Mahnke became the second and last president and Reichsluftsportführer from 1935 to 1937.

Extremely rare, early DLV - standard of great rarity.

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