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SS-OBERSTURMBANNFÜHRER JAKOB GRIMMINGER SIGNED PHOTO
A RARE SIGNATURE, BLUE INK SIGNED FULL NAME, FADED, ON A CIGARETTE CARD, LARGE TYPE….A MAN SEEN IN A LOT OF THIRD REICH PHOTOS, SELDOM FIND HIS AUTOGRAPH…
(1892-1969). SS-Obersturmbannführer and bearer of the blood flag. Cigarette card print with signature…

Jakob Grimminger (25 April 1892 – 28 January 1969) was a German Nazi Party member and Schutzstaffel member, known for being the standard-bearer of the BLOOD FLAG, the centrepiece flag of the Nazi movement’s ceremonies.

Grimminger joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1922 and became a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA). He took part in street-fighting in Coburg in 1922 and in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of 8 November 1923. After serving in the Brown House, the general headquarters of the NSDAP, he was selected in 1926 to become a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Grimminger was promoted during his service in the SA and the SS, finally reaching the rank of SS-Standartenführer . As a member of the SS, he was appointed to carry the blood-stained BLOODFLAG from the Munich Putsch. He was decorated with the Golden Party Badge, the Blood Order (no. 714), and the Coburg Badge, three of the most prized decorations of the NSDAP. The “Blutfahne’s” fate, which Grimminger was the guardian of, after the fall of the Third Reich in mid-1945 is unknown