Designating Flag, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular wool bunting pennant flag. Blue field with a white applique of two crossed swords hand-stitched to the center of the flag. Reinforcement squares at both hoist corners. White hoist is machine- and hand-stitched and has a metal grommet at either end. The inscription on the hoist reads "CAVALRY 2ND DIVISION." The flag is machine-stitched with flat-felled panel seams.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.25285A
label: catalog number
content: 25285A
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: Measurements
content: overall: 72 1/2 in x 55 1/2 in; 184.15 cm x 140.97 cm