Designating Flag, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Command, Department of the Cumberland
Object Details
- Description
- Wool bunting pennant flag. White field with a wide blue border around all three sides. In the center of the flag is a red applique of two crossed swords. A blue or black number "3" is painted on top of the crossed swords. White cotton hoist with no grommets. The hoist has an inscription on each side; one side reads "3rd Brg. 1st Div. Cavalry. Command." and the reverse side reads "R C Toy 49 N 9th St. Phila Pa." The flag has machine-stitched flat-felled panel seams.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1890-1897
- ID Number
- AF.25260E
- catalog number
- 25260E
- accession number
- 64127
- maker
- Robert C. Toy
- Object Name
- flag, designating
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- cotton (part: heading material)
- paint (part: number "3" material)
- Measurements
- overall: 67 3/8 in x 45 1/2 in; 171.1325 cm x 115.57 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Designating Flags
- Flags
- Subject
- Flags
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1377136
