Designating Flag, 2nd Brigade, 1st 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. White field with a blue border on the hoist edge. In the center of the flag is a red applique of two crossed swords. A blue (or possibly black) number "2" is painted on top of the crossed swords. White cotton hoist with no grommets. The inscription on the hoist reads "2nd Brg. 1st 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.25260D
label: catalog number
content: 25260D
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: number "2" material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 1/2 in x 49 1/8 in; 194.31 cm x 124.7775 cm