Headquarters, 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. Red field with a double applique of yellow cotton crossed swords in the center of the flag. The flag is seven pieces; fake flat-felled seam joins upper to lower ground. Selvedges form outer edges; rolled seams form inner edge. Machine-stitched with cotton thread. White cotton heading in machine stitched and does not have grommets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: classified
content: Flags
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
label: See more items in
content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25293A
label: catalog number
content: 25293A
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: Measurements
content: overall: 72 1/2 in x 36 1/2 in; 184.15 cm x 92.71 cm