Designating Flag, Headquarters, 1st Veteran Army Corps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890-1897
name: label: maker
content: Robert C. Toy
notes: label: Description
content: Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Blue field with a white applique in center of the flag. The applique is a circle with seven fan-leaf shapes radiating from the circle; the edges of these spokes are concave. The overall effect is that of a heptagon. Painted on the applique is a US shield (bottom is red and white stripes; top is blue with stars) surrounded by green laurel leaves. White spears radiating from circle applique in between the fan-leaves (the spears are the ground fabric and are outlined by black paint). White cotton hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the front side of the hoist reads "Corps Headquarters 1st Veterans Army Corps." The inscription on the reverse of the hoist reads "R.C Toy 49 N. 9th Phila." Machine-stitched seams.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Designating Flags
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content: Flags
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25258A
label: catalog number
content: 25258A
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flag, designating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (heading material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (applied decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 1/2 in x 47 1/2 in; 214.63 cm x 120.65 cm