Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps
Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps
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- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with a blue Maltese cross in the center of the flag. The white cotton hoist does not have grommets; there is a blue thread that runs the length of the heading. Machine-stitched. Inscriptions on hoist read "R.C. Toy No. 47 N 9th Phila" and "1st Brg. 3rd Div'n 5 Army Corps".
- 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 (heading material)
- Measurements
- overall: 73 in x 53 1/4 in; 185.42 cm x 135.255 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25266F
- catalog number
- 25266F
- 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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