Designating Flag, Chief Quartermaster, 20th Army Corps

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Description:

Wool bunting tapered swallowtail flag. Red field with two diagonally crossed blue stripes; the stripes cross at the fork in the swallowtail. In the center of the flag is a white number "20". White hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "[illegible] Toy 49 N 9th Phila 20th Army Corps Chief Q.M."

Date Made: 1890-1897

Maker: Robert C. Toy

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: FlagsCivil War

Subject:

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25250CCatalog Number: 25250CAccession Number: 64127

Object Name: flag, designating

Physical Description: wool (overall material)wool (overall material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-eb2b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1374197

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