Designating Flag, 1st Brig, 1st 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 applique of two crossed swords. A blue number "1" is stenciled in pigment paint above the swords (on the red ground) and a red number "1" is stenciled in pigment paint below the swords (on the white ground). White cotton hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "[illegible] 1st Div Cavalry. Command. Div. of Miss."
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.25293C
label: catalog number
content: 25293C
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 and applique material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (red and blue number "1" material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 73 1/2 in x 36 1/2 in; 186.69 cm x 92.71 cm