Military - Overview
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
"Military - Overview" showing 239 items.
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Designating Flag, Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. Red field with a white X, or St. Andrew's cross, in the center of the field. White hoist with no grommets. Inscription on hoist reads "Brg/Arty 6 Army Corps [very faint maker's mark follows this]".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228B
- catalog number
- 25228B
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with red St. Andrew's cross in center of flag. White cotton hoist. There is a line of long basting stitches that run from the point of the fly to the middle of the hoist (the stitches bisect the hoist at a ninety degree angle). Machine stitching. The inscription on the hoist reads "1st Brg. 1st Div 6 Army Corps."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228E
- catalog number
- 25228E
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with blue triangles forming each corner. The edges of the triangles facing the center of the flag are convex. A red St. Andrew's cross (or X) is in the center of the flag. On the upper edge of the flag, to the left of the fly, is a patch repair. White hoist with no grommets. Inscription on hoist reads "4th Brg 1st Div 6 Army Corps".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228H
- catalog number
- 25228H
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. Blue field with white St. Andrew's cross in center of flag. White cotton hoist. Machine stitching. The inscription on the hoist reads "1st Brg 2nd Div 6 Army Corps [very faint maker's mark follows this]."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228J
- catalog number
- 25228J
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. Blue field with white St. Andrew's cross in center of flag. Red border around all three sides of flag. White cotton hoist. Machine-stitched using brown threads. The inscription on the hoist reads "3rd Brg 2nd Div 6 Army Corps."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228L
- catalog number
- 25228L
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with blue St. Andrew's cross in center of flag. White cotton hoist. Machine stitching. The inscription on the hoist reads "1st Brg 3rd Div 6 Army Corps."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228O
- catalog number
- 25228O
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, Light Division, 6th Army
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with green St. Andrew's cross in center of flag. White cotton heading. Machine stitching. Inscription on hoist: "1st Brg Lt Div 6 Army Corps."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25228T
- catalog number
- 25228T
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, Artillery Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. Red field with a white cotton double applique of crossed swords in the center of the flag. White cotton hoist with no grommets. Flag is machine-stitched; flat-felled seams join upper to lower ground fabric. Inscription on hoist: "R C Toy 49 N. 9th Phila CAVALRY Corps Army of Potomac Brg / Arty".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25229B
- catalog number
- 25229B
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, Chief Quartermaster, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
- Description
- Wool bunting tapered swallowtail flag. White field with a blue crossed sword applique in the center of the flag. Surmounting the swords is a red letter "C." White hoist with no grommets. Inscription on hoist: "R.C. Toy 49 N. 9th Phila CAVALRY Corps Army [illegible] BrgChief Q.M. Div".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25229C
- catalog number
- 25229C
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with an orange (or faded red) cotton applique of two crossed swords in the center of the flag. White cotton hoist with no grommets. Machine stitching; flat-felled panel seams. The inscription on the hoist reads "R C Toy 49 N 9th Phila. CAVALRY Corps Army POTOMAC 1st Brg 1st Div."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- ID Number
- AF*25229E
- catalog number
- 25229E
- accession number
- 64127
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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