Designating Flag, Headquarters, 24th Army Corps
Designating Flag, Headquarters, 24th Army Corps
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- Description
- Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Blue field with a white heart applique hand- and machine-stitched in the center of the flag. The heart is pieced at the bottom point. Applied to the heart is a hand-stitched, red number "24" applique. Reinforcement squares of fabric at each hoist corner. White canvas hoist is hand- and machine-stitched; heading has a metal grommet at either end. The inscription on the hoist reads "24TH ARMY/CORPS HEAD QUARTERS." The flag panels have flat-felled, machine-stitched seams and hand-overcast stitches.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flag, designating
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- canvas (part: heading material)
- Measurements
- overall: 71 in x 36 1/2 in; 180.34 cm x 92.71 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25282A
- catalog number
- 25282A
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Civil War
- Flags
- Designating Flags
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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