Spain, Facist State. A Rare Traditionalist Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive "High Command" Flag, c. 1940

(Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista = FET de las JONS). The flag is composed of six silk panels, each side with a single black panel in the centre, flanked by red panels on either side, the black representing gunpowder and the red representing blood, the black panel on the obverse bearing the large yoke and set of five arrows insignia in red embroidery, five large tabs stitched in place on the left side and forming a hoist sleeve, a red cord with dual tassels stitched in place to the top tab, an additional red cord stitched in place to the lower left corner of the flag, measuring 1,200 mm (w) x 785 mm (h), free of holes and soiling. Extremely fine.

Footnote: The Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FE de las JONS = Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive) was a fascist political party founded in 1934 as a merger of the Falange Española and the Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista. The Falange Española de las JONS, which became the main Fascist group during the Second Spanish Republic, ceased to exist as such when, during the Civil War, General Francisco Franco merged it with the Traditionalist Communion in April 1937 to form the similarly named Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS, which became the sole legal party in Spain until its dissolution in 1977.