Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Command, Department of the Cumberland
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with a blue border on the hoist edge. In the center of the flag is a red applique of two crossed swords. A blue (or possibly black) number "2" is painted on top of the crossed swords. White cotton hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "2nd Brg. 1st Div. Cavalry. Command." The flag is machine-stitched with flat-felled panel seams.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (part: heading material)
- paint (part: number "2" material)
- Measurements
- overall: 76 1/2 in x 49 1/8 in; 194.31 cm x 124.7775 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25260D
- catalog number
- 25260D
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Armed Forces History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Civil War
- Flags
- Designating Flags
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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