Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1897
name: label: maker
content: Robert C. Toy
notes: label: Description
content: Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Blue field with a wide white border around all sides except for the hoist. In the center of the flag is a black cotton cartridge box with a yellow wool oval on the front flap. Painted in the oval are the letters "U.S" in black. White contrast stitching outlines the cartridge box. Above the cartridge box, written in an arc, is the phrase "FORTY ROUNDS" painted in white letters. Flag is machine-stitched with flat-felled seams using white cotton thread. White cotton heading with no grommets.
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: Flags
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content: Designating Flags
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25245N
label: catalog number
content: 25245N
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 (part: heading material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (part: cartridge box material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (part: lettering material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 1/4 in x 50 in; 158.115 cm x 127 cm