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
- Object Name
- flag, designating
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (heading and applique material)
- Measurements
- overall: 67 3/8 in x 49 1/8 in; 171.1325 cm x 124.7775 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- ID Number
- AF*25229E
- catalog number
- 25229E
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Armed Forces History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Flags
- Designating Flags
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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