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{{Short description|Adolf Hitler's banner of arms}}
[[File:Standarte Adolf Hitlers.svg|thumb|The standard]]
The '''Standard of the Führer''' ({{langx|de|Führerstandarte}} or ''Standarte des Führers'') was a square red [[banner of arms]] with a black [[swastika]] on a white disc inside a central wreath of golden oak leaves and four [[Parteiadler|Nazi eagles]] in the corners, associated with the office of the [[Führer#Führer_and_Chancellor|Führer]] of [[Nazi Germany]] (a title which in practice was only held by [[Adolf Hitler]]). It typically indicated the presence of Hitler at official events and was displayed in the form of a hoisted flag, small [[car flag]], and so on.
Hitler introduced the standard after German president [[Paul von Hindenburg]] died in August 1934, allowing Hitler to abolish the presidency and claim the title of ''[[Führer]]'' (leader). Hitler displayed the flag when he assumed supreme command of the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'', following the forced resignation of [[Werner von Blomberg]], Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the ''Wehrmacht'', in 1938.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.germanmilitaria.com/Heer/photos/H023784.html|title=Reich Minister of War & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Flag|publisher=German Militaria| date=| accessdate =5 February 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Standarte für die Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1940.svg|thumb|The LSSAH banner, which was mistaken by the Soviets to be Hitler's standard]]
The personal standards of Hitler were manufactured in various sizes. Some were not flown but were hung or displayed in interior venues like the opera or at [[Nuremberg rallies|Nazi Party Day]]. The standard was also embossed on teaspoons from the [[Mess|mess hall]] dining sets of ''[[Führerbegleitbrigade]]''.<ref>{{cite book | author=James A. Yannes| title =The Encyclopedia of Third Reich Tableware| publisher =| year =2013| page =301| isbn =1466999853}}</ref> The standard was similar to the banner of the [[1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler|1st SS Panzer Division "''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler''"]] (LSSAH), which had minor differences.{{efn|In the Leibstandarte flag, all four eagles clutch wreaths surrounding swastikas and have outstretched wings; in the personal standard, the upper right and lower left eagles are missing the wreath and have partly folded wings.}} After Soviet troops captured one LSSAH banner staff in 1945, the trophy has been confused with Hitler's personal standard at the [[1945 Moscow Victory Parade]].<ref>{{cite news | title =Фашистские знамена у стен Кремля бросали как старые веники| newspaper =[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]| date =7 May 2015| url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26378.4/3256842/|language=Russian}}</ref>
==Displays==
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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0412-515, Berlin, Kundgebung mit Mussolini.jpg|In Berlin in 1937
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P017073, Berlin, Olympische Spiele im Olympiastadion.jpg|At the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], to the right
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C13771, Berlin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler.jpg|On a car
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 121-2053, Rom, Beisetzung des italienischen Polizeichefs Bocchini.jpg|On a funeral sash
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