Context (Field collection)
Purchased at Nepstadion Flea Market, Budapest in 2002, along with flags from Vietnam, Soviet Union, and Hungary.
Event Date 2002
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Red and green banner. DDR Sporting Association.'
Event Date 2003
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Production / use)
This sort of small banner was frequently given to participants in certain events, activities or social groups as a form of commemoration and/or identity confirmation. It is symbolic of the militarisation of society under state socialism inasmuch as such banners have a distinctly military origin yet became used in contexts such as sport, labour, etc. of a wider nature.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Green and red sided Banner (DDR - East Germany). With double portrait on front green side showing male and female sportspeople. Text underneath.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
German Sports Committee banner. Triangular banner made of red and green silk. The edges are hemmed with black, red and yellow cord and there is a tassel at the bottom. A silver metal rod is at the top with spheres at each end. On the red side, "Deutscher Sportausschuss Deutsche Demokratische Republik 1951" is inscribed in golden colour thread. On the green side is an embroidered depiction of two athletes standing in front of the German flag, with "Bereit zu arbeit und zur verteidigung des friedens" stitched below.
Event Date 12/5/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Inscription)
Green side of banner has German phrase "Bereit zu arbeit und zur verteidigung des friedens" emroidered onto it. This translates to 'Ready to work and defend the peace'.

The red side has "Deutscher Sportausschuss Deutsche Demokratische Republik 1951" embroidered onto it, which translates to 'German Sports Committee German Democratic Republic 1951'.
Event Date 12/5/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth