Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps

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Description:

Wool bunting pennant flag. Blue field with a red border on the hoist edge. In the center of the flag is a white shield with a painted blue anchor surmounted by a painted red cannon. The anchor and cannon are diagonally crossed. White canvas hoist. Machine-stitched and basted with flat-felled seams using black, yellow, and cream thread. Inscription on hoist: "2nd Brg. 2nd Div. 9th Army Corps."

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Related Event: Civil War

Subject: Flags, Civil War

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.25239LCatalog Number: 25239LAccession Number: 64127

Object Name: flag, designating

Physical Description: wool (overall material)canvas (part: heading material)paint (part: applied decoration material)Measurements: overall: 70 1/4 in x 51 1/4 in; 178.435 cm x 130.175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-ff33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1368744

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