Blue Star flag
date: label: Date
content: 1917-1945
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: The Blue Star Flag, or Service Flag, is a symbol of a family member in military service. The silk flag banner has a blue star set in the center surrounded by a rectangular field of white set into a larger red rectangle. A gold tassel surrounds three sides. The flag is sewn in sections that can be seen by the lighter thread throughout. The flag has several tears and some areas of loss in the red silk and in the fringe.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
label: Topic
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.111.6
objectType: label: Type
content: flags
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: thread and fringe on silk (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 11 3/16 × 14 3/16 × 1/2 in. (28.4 × 36 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flag): 8 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (21.6 × 29.8 cm)