Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Department of West Virginia
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Department of West Virginia
- Description
- Post March 23, 1864 design. Rectangular wool bunting flag. The flag is divided into three sections by a large white bend that runs from the top hoist to the bottom fly. The top section, on the fly, is a red field (triangle-shaped). The bottom section, on the hoist, is a blue field (also triangle-shaped). Running in a diagonal line on the middle section (the white bend) are three blue five-point stars. A number "1" is painted in white inside each star. White hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "1st Brg 3rd Div Dept of West V [illegible]."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- paint (numbers "1" material)
- ID Number
- AF.25286A
- catalog number
- 25286A
- accession number
- 64127
- subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- related event
- 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
