Designating Flag, Headquarters, 1st Veteran Army Corps
Designating Flag, Headquarters, 1st Veteran Army Corps
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- Description
- Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Blue field with a white heptagon applique in the center of the flag. The sides of the heptagon are concave. Painted in the center of the white applique is a US shield (with red and white stripes below; blue with white stars on top) surrounded by a laurel leaf in green paint. Radiating from the laurel leaf are seven painted black spears that extend to the seven angles of the heptagon. Reinforcement squares at both hoist corners. White cotton hoist with a metal grommet at either end. The inscription on the hoist reads "1ST VETERAN HEADQUARTERS." Machine-stitched seams.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flag, designating
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (heading material)
- paint (applique details material)
- Measurements
- overall: 83 in x 42 1/2 in; 210.82 cm x 107.95 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25308
- catalog number
- 25308
- 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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