Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890-1897
name: label: maker
content: Robert C. Toy
notes: label: Description
content: Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with an orange (or faded red) cotton applique of two crossed swords in the center of the flag. On the hoist edge of the flag is a wide blue border. White cotton hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "[illegible] Phila CAVALRY Corps Army POTOMAC 2nd Brg 1st Div." Machine stitching; flat-felled panel 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: Flags
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content: Designating Flags
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25229F
label: catalog number
content: 25229F
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: cotton (applique material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68 7/8 in x 53 in; 174.9425 cm x 134.62 cm