Designating Flag, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps
Designating Flag, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps
- Description
- Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Red field with wide blue border on all sides except the hoist. Blue acorn in center of red field. Next to the hoist are three vertically arranged applique blue stars. Off-white cotton hoist. The flag is stitched with white thread. Machine stitching; flat-felled seams. The inscription on the hoist reads, "3rd Brg 3rd Div 14th Army Corps R.C. Toy...[illegible]."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flag, designating
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (part: heading material)
- Measurements
- overall: 47 1/4 in x 50 1/4 in; 120.015 cm x 127.635 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25244AA
- catalog number
- 25244AA
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Flags
- Designating Flags
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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