Odd WW2 naval flag bracelet.
 

I was sent this pic from a friend.Do the flags spell out a word or message?I woinder if this was given by a \kriegsmarine sailor to his sweetheart?


http://usera.ImageCave.com/andym/bracelet.jpg


any ideas?

The flags spell WILHGUSTLOFF, so probably Wilhelm Gustav Loff.

Many thanks.so it might be a kraft durch freude souvenir?

The Wilhelm Gustloff was German Steamer sunk in WWII.

http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gustloff_(ship)

Might be a remembrance bracelet or memorabilia.

The White and Red Checkered Flag is 1.

and the black and yellow flag is F.

In the Royal Navy, perhaps.


But I doubt that a German would be using the Royal Navy's signal flag code. He'd be using the International Code of Signals, in which

• the white and red checkered flag is 'U' and
• the black and yellow checkered flag is 'L'.

@Thomen
Nice catch on the Wilhelm Gustloff. I just checked that 'Loff' was a valid German name and left it at that.

thehe =]