a different way to frame a flag

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samcrimm

samcrimm

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I have a customer bring in a WWII German Flag and I am pretty sure it a larger size and he won't spend the money on a larger frame job. I have searched the web and no luck to find a way to fold a flag to a smaller area to look nice in a frame?
Thanks
Sam
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prospero said:
:eek: I don't think there is any way to fold that one to make it look 'nice'. :confused:
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I understand but I look at something like this as History, sad yes, terrible yes but still History, just like taking down Civil war history, should not be done.

Sam
 
What's the size of the frame?
 
Don't know the size of the flag yet, I was thinking about backing into this, fold the flag and then see what the frame size needs to be.
 
And what's the size of the circle? Does the customer want to see the whole swastika? More?
 
When you fold the Stars and Stripes you do so so that the star field is prominent in presentation. Not sure how to fold a German flag to get the presentation correct.

When googling folding the Nazi flag I got no response for how to fold it, only hits saying that it was wrong to e even look at the flag! Too much hysteriasurrounding the flag to get any good info. One article was from a museum textile conservator and talked a about gore tex method of humidifying and drying for getting rid of the wrinkles. I might consider contacting a fabric conservator for folding thoughts. Or a military expert.
 
Google "swastika flag frame", then click on Images. I found three that could help. One shows about an inch of red around the circle, in a square frame.
 
Frankly, I'm a little ambivalent about this.
I might want to know where this will be displayed.

If it's for historical value or in a museum, O.K.
If the customer has swastika tattoos and he has pictures of the fuhrer in his "Man Cave", then that's another story.o_O

My father fought in Germany with the 6th Armored Infantry in WWII and he was awarded 2 Purple hearts and the Bronze Star.
I have them.
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His unit helped to liberate a concentration camp.
He passed away in 1982 from cancer.

We framed this rare U.S. flag a while back.
The job was about $3000.
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I'm not saying "don't do it"...
The customer doesn't want to spend the money and I would want to know a little more about that person.
 
Large frame I am thinking 3x5 ft. My dad also served. And the customers dad did too. Neil your flag is very nice!

swastika flag frame never thought to word it that way, Thanks
When the customer brings the flag in I let everyone know the size and before and after pictures.
thanks a ton for your help

Sam
 
I'm not ambivalent at all. History or not, there's no F-ing way I would do it. If the customer is a good guy I would certainly be nice about it but no way.
 
I've done one of these and ended up just mounting it on a square piece of foamboard by pinning it around the edges and tucking the extra fabric behind the mounting board (it made the whole thing kind of thick though).

By the way, the flag didn't burn my hands, I didn't get an incurable disease, my Jewish customers still like me, and it didn't turn me into a Nazi.
 
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