Designating Flag, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps
Designating Flag, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps
- Description
- Pre-1863 design. Rectangular wool bunting flag. White field with red five-point star hand-stitched in the center of the flag. Reinforcement squares at both hoist corners. White cotton hoist with a grommet at either end. The inscription on the hoist reads "20TH ARMY/CORPS 1ST DIVISION." Flag panels have flat-felled seams that are both machine-stitched in white cotton thread and hand-stitched in red cotton thread.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flag, designating
- design date
- before 1863
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (part: heading material)
- Measurements
- overall: 73 1/8 in x 55 1/2 in; 185.7375 cm x 140.97 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25279B
- catalog number
- 25279B
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Designating Flags
- Flags
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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