Designating Flag, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890-1897
name: label: maker
content: Robert C. Toy
notes: label: Description
content: Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Horizontal bicolor design. The top half of the flag is red and the bottom half of the flag is white. In the center of the flag is a blue cotton applique of two crossed swords. Above the cross in the swords is a number "2" stenciled in blue pigment paint. Below the cross in the swords is a number "2" stenciled in red pigment paint. White hoist with no grommets; rope threaded through hoist. There is an inscription on each side of the hoist; one side reads "1st Brg 2nd Div Cavalry Command Div. of Miss" while the reverse reads "RC Toy 49 n 9th Phila."
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.25293F
label: catalog number
content: 25293F
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 (applique material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (numbers "2" material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75 1/2 in x 36 1/2 in; 191.77 cm x 92.71 cm