Designating Flag, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular wool bunting flag. Red field with yellow fringe around all sides except the hoist. A black cartridge box is painted in the center of the flag. On the front flap of the box is a yellow oval with the letters "U.S." in black. Above the cartridge box is the phrase "FORTY ROUNDS" painted in an arc of black letters. Reinforcement squares at both hoist corners. Machine and hand-stitched unbleached cotton hoist with a grommet at either end. Stamped on the hoist is an inscription that reads "15TH ARMY CORPS 1ST DIVISION." Machine-stitched flat-felled panel seams. Hand-stitched fringe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
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
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25248A
label: catalog number
content: 25248A
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: pigment paint (part: applied decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 67 1/4 in x 58 5/8 in; 170.815 cm x 148.9075 cm