Designating Flag, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps

Description:

Rectangular wool bunting flag. White field with pigment painted design in center of flag. The design is a red shield with a white anchor that is crossed with a blue cannon (the cannon surmounts the anchor). Both the cannon and the anchor have black paint detailing on them. Two small reinforcement squares at the upper and lower hoist corners. Machine-stitched flat-felled panel seams. Machine and hand-stitched unbleached cotton pole sleeve with a grommet at each end. An inscription on the pole sleeve reads "9TH ARMY/CORPS 1ST DIVISION."

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: FlagsCivil War

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, Civil War, Military, Designating Flags, Flags

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25284BCatalog Number: 25284BAccession Number: 64127

Object Name: flag, designating

Physical Description: wool (overall material)cotton (part: heading material)paint (part: applied decoration material)Measurements: overall: 56 3/4 in x 73 in; 144.145 cm x 185.42 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-f35d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1369309

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