Designating Flag, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Command, Department of the Cumberland
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890-1897
name: label: maker
content: Robert C. Toy
notes: label: Description
content: Wool bunting pennant flag. Blue field with a wide red border around all three sides. In the center of the flag is a white applique of two crossed swords. A number "3" is stenciled on top of the swords in red pigment paint. White cotton hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "3rd Brg. 2nd Div. Cavalry. Command." The flag is machine-stitched with 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: Designating Flags
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content: Flags
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25260I
label: catalog number
content: 25260I
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: heading material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 67 7/8 in x 47 1/4 in; 172.4025 cm x 120.015 cm