# What to do with a "touchy" piece of German WW2 memorabilia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 1, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253 "2010-01-01T03:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/61 "2012-03-27T22:27:44Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > ``` > One big problem is that the flag is huge and many museum's may not be able to display safely. Which means that it wouldn't be on display. That's okay. We have things at our museum that will never go on public display for a variety of reasons. > > ``` One possible use for displaying this is to contact your local theater groups – they would love to borrow such a flag for stage scenery if they are ever doing any play set in WWII. (_Bent_, _Arturo Ui_, _Peace in Our Time_, etc.) Unlikely that they could pay you anything, but you (or your grandfather) would get credited in the program, and you’d probably get free tickets. ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/62 "2012-03-27T23:43:51Z")
Personally, I’d contact either the West Point Museum or the Fort Knox, KY, Patton Museum and see if either institution would be interested in having this item. They are both easily found with Google. ---
**Author:** ![Dufus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dufus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dufus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/63 "2012-03-28T00:17:01Z")
You can get in contact with survivors of 10th Armored Division through the [“unit pages”](http://unitpages.military.com/reg/unitpage_gate_registration.do?ck_unit=null&strGotoURL=http%3A%2F%2Funitpages.military.com%2Funitpages%2Fmessages.do%3Fid%3D100033%26nextPage%3D4) of [Military.com](http://Military.com). Some of them might like to have it. You can also find out if one of their reunions will be near you, and you can meet guys who were with your grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/64 "2012-03-28T00:38:58Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > It is tradition, but I always heard that the three gold balls are from the family crest of the de Medici family of Italy, who were a banking dynasty. That’s six red ‘palle’; the three golden balls are associated with Nicolas of Myra: story (vaguely) goes that some guy was going to have to sell his three daughters into brothel life, and Nick chuck bags of gold (which transforms into a golden ball through the years) through the window so that they’d have dowry money instead; very charitably tenuous connection to pawn shops, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/65 "2012-03-28T02:24:46Z")
People! Museums don’t want these large flags. They’re sooooooo common. This is a $100 US item. Sell it at your local gun show, but don’t be surprised if you can’t get the $100. ---
**Author:** ![hberi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@hberi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hberi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/66 "2012-03-28T03:46:15Z")
Pawn stars for sure ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253/67 "2012-03-28T04:05:54Z")
> [@hberi](#): > > Pawn stars for sure Even those overated wannabees wouldn’t buy it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-touchy-piece-of-german-ww2-memorabilia/523253.md?page=3)