Designating Flag, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps

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Description:

Rectangular wool bunting flag. Blue field with a large white St. Andrew's cross in the center of the flag. White cotton hoist has a metal grommet at either end. Flag is machine-stitched. Previous repairs to the flag are hand-stitched. Inscription on hoist reads "6TH ARMY/CORPS 2ND DIVISION".

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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, Designating Flags, Flags

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25267CCatalog Number: 25267CAccession Number: 64127

Object Name: flag, designating

Physical Description: wool (overall material)cotton (heading material)metal (grommets material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-37cd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1380741

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