Designating Flag, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular wool bunting flag. White 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. White cotton hoist with a grommet at either end. Stamped on the hoist is the inscription "15TH ARMY/CORPS 2ND DIVISION." Three panel construction; machine-stitched with flat-felled seams using white cotton thread.
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.25245T
label: catalog number
content: 25245T
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: paint (part: applied decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68 3/8 in x 59 in; 173.6725 cm x 149.86 cm