Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps

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Description:

Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with a blue border on the hoist edge. Red circle in the center of the flag. White cotton hoist with no grommets. Hoist is machine-stitched; flag seams are machine-stitched and flat-felled, done with black (or dark blue?), undyed, and red thread. Inscription on hoist reads "2nd Brg 1st Div'n 1st Army Corps".

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Subject: FlagsCivil WarRelated Event: Civil War

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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.25232FCatalog Number: 25232FAccession Number: 64127

Object Name: flag, designating

Physical Description: wool (overall material)cotton (heading material)Measurements: overall: 72 1/2 in x 55 in; 184.15 cm x 139.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-117e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1379183

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