Welsh man thought Nazi flag was German navy symbol

A Welsh man who was asked to take down a Nazi flag he hung at a garage sale on Sunday said that he did not intend to offend anyone by displaying a Swastika and that he did not know the symbol was no longer used by the German military.

“I was told it was the German navy, which as far as I could see were not involved in the same way the SS were in the Second World War,” Anthony Williams told the Welsh newspaper the Daily Post on Tuesday.

"I saw that it had the Swastika on it. But I don’t know if it’s not still used today. I might be a bit of an idiot for not looking it up properly, but I won’t make that mistake again,” he added.

Williams, 56, also said that he did not meant to insult anyone by putting up the Nazi flag at the garage sale in the northern Welsh town of Wrexham. He said he does not have any problems with Muslims, and denied that he hung the banner “in support of Manchester” following the recent deadly suicide bombing there.