Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 2nd 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 of the flag is red; the bottom half of the flag is blue. In the center of the flag is a white cotton machine-stitched applique of two crossed swords. Above the cross in the swords is a number "2" stenciled in blue pigment paint. Below the cross in the swords is a number "2" stenciled in red pigment paint. White hoist with no grommets. There is an inscription on both sides of the hoist; one side reads "2nd Brg 2nd Div Cavalry. Command Div. of Miss" while the reverse reads "RC Toy 49 N 9th Phila." The flag is machine-stitched.
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.25293G
label: catalog number
content: 25293G
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 (applique material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (numbers "2" material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 1/2 in x 36 1/4 in; 184.15 cm x 92.075 cm