First Presidio Exhibit, 2003

U.S. Continental Colors Flag Replica. This flag is a replica of the first national flag of the U.S. It is often incorrectly referred to as the "Grand Union Flag" although its contemporary name was "the Continental Colors." Used by Girl Scout Troop 38

U.S. 13-Star Flag, Girl Scout Troop. This "Betsy Ross" pattern flag was made by Girl Scout Troop 33 in 1933 for the Star Spangled Banner Flag House of Baltimore, Md. Stars are set in the interpretation of "a new constellation".

13 Star U.S. Flag - Grand Luminary design, Revolutionary & Early Federal Period.This 13 Star Flag duplicates the star arrangement in the Glory of the 1782 Great Seal of the U.S. The 13 stars are arranged in a "grand luminary," a pre- cursor to the Great Star design.This flag is dated to between 1782 and 1790.

13 Star U.S. Flag, 1850-1880. The 4-5-4 star pattern is thought to be the oldest star pattern of any other star patterns associated with the flag of the United States including the constellation.

13 Star U.S. Merchant Ensign, 4-5-4 Star design, Early Federal Period. The early history of this flag is unknown, but it was from the personal collection of noted collector William H. Guthman; and this flag may well be one of the earliest United States flags in the ZFC.

13 Star U.S. Flag - early all cotton flag, naval or maritime. This all cotton 13-star, ship's ensign from the American Revolutionary period, 1777-1783, is a rare example of the early use of cotton.

United States // 13 Stars / 4-5-4 Acquired from Sotheby's Auction in New York City on October 10, 2002. Mastai Lot No. 84. Framed (outside dimensions 57 x 97). Earlier misidentified as a Civil War Boat Flag it is now believed to be from the Privateer ship the Minerva from the time of the American Revolution as identified by Mastai in [...]

U.S. 13 Star Flag - Centennial Celebration. Although this flag is very similar to the size "No. 11" U.S. Navy flag for small boats, the dimensions of the flag on its hoist do not conform to U.S. Navy regulations. During the period of the Centennial, reproductions of 13 star flags from the American War for Independence became quite popular.

13 Star U.S. flag - Centennial Flag, used in 1876 . This small 13 star U.S. flag, which was both machine - and hand-sewn, belonged to the personal collection of William H. Guthman, founder of Guthman Americana in Westport, Connecticut.

13 Star United States Navy Boat Flag No.14. During the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy mushroomed in size, and the demand for flags exceeded the Navys ability to furnish flags through the various U.S. Naval Yards at key ports along the Atlantic. Historians have speculated that the Navy Yards turned to civilian contractors to make them.

13 Star U.S Flag Navy Boat Flag This is a U.S. Navy boat flag of 1867. The star pattern is 3,2,3,2,3. It is an artifact from a transitional period in U.S. flag manufacturing, integrating block printing (new style) with the old style of piecing (i.e. stitching pieces together).

13 Star U.S. Flag #12 Navy Boat Flag, "The Old Flag of the War 1861-1865". This 13 Star U.S flag conforms to the dimensions specified from 1863 through 1882 for the No. 12 (7 feet fly dimension) boat flag. The attached panel indicates that it saw Civil War service, though a ship's name has not been recorded.

A stunning period lithograph capturing the essence of American liberty. This "Star Spangled Banner" lithograph, produced by Currier & Ives in the mid-to-late 19th Century depicts the two principal pillars of American identity; unity, represented by the Star Spangled Banner and liberty, rendered as Lady Liberty.

13 Star U.S Revenue Marine Ensign & Custom House Flag 1871. This flag was implemented in August 1, 1799, when the Secretary of the Treasury issued an order announcing that the new ensign would consist of 16 vertical stripes, alternating red and white, corresponding to the number of states comprising the Union by 1799.

15 Star U.S. Jack- Merchant ship Vineyard, 1796-1818. This flag now bears 15 stars in three horizontal rows of 5 stars each, corresponding to the official U.S. jack for 1795 - 1818. The field is made of dark blue bunting, pieced horizontally by hand. From the William H. Bartlett Collection.

U.S. 16 Star Flag - Grand Luminary "Peoples Flag". This is a 16 Star flag in the Grand Luminary pattern, circa 1796-1808. After Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union in 1791 and 1792, Congress approved a 15-star 15-stripe flag in 1795. After that new stars officially recognized no new States until a revised law went into effect in 1818.

17 Star US Flag - Hubbard Family, 1803-1812, former Mastai Collection. Flags bearing 17 stars and 13 stripes were never an official flag of the United States; however numerous surviving examples confirm both their existence and use. This example was made to indicate the admission of Ohio as the 17th state in 1803.

21 Star U.S. "Grand Luminary" Flag, 1818 - 1819, former Norm Flayderman Collection. The 21-star Grand Luminary flag represented the new state of Illinois, admitted in 1818 when James Monroe was president. It was officially in use for only one year, replaced in 1820 when Maine and Alabama joined the Union.

20 Star U.S. Navy Boat Flag & Ensign, 1818, former Flayderman Collection This particular design of the national flag was flown for only one year following the admission of Mississippi (1817) and Illinois (1818) into the Union.

27 Stars U.S. Military Storm Flag - Florida's admission into the Union March 3, 1845. This period example 27 Star United States flag was made to indicate the admission of Florida as the 27th state on March 3, 1845; and would remain accurate until the admission of Texas December 29, 1845, a period of only 9 months, 26 days.

A 26-Star U.S. flag commemorating the addition of Michigan to the Union. This is a 26-Star flag commemorating the addition of Michigan to the Union on January 26, 1837 with stars of various sizes arranged in a tilted "Great Star". This flag is thought to be one of the earliest examples of printed parade flags.

U.S. 28 Star flag made to indicate the admission of Texas as the 28th state to the Union on December 29, 1845. This U.S. 28 Star National Flag in a "Grand Luminary" star pattern; the National Color of the 4th Louisiana Militia, raised in1846, but disband before seeing any combat.

29 Star U.S. Flag - Political Parade Flag, 1846 - 1848. This flag was likely made for the 1848 presidential election, when James K. Polk was replaced by Zachary Taylor before Wisconsin's admission in May of 1848 which made the flag officially obsolete.

30 Star U.S. Flag, 1858 - 1850, 1st U.S. flag to fly over Wilmington, NC 1865. This U.S. flag represents the admission of Wisconsin to the Union. The Compromise of 1820 called for a careful pairing of free and slaves states in order to maintain parity between North and South in the U.S. Senate.

13 Star U.S. Revenue Cutter Service commissioning pennant. These pennants were used primarily on public vessels of sovereign states. In 1674, Britain had limited these pennants to use on the King's ships. Presently, such pennants serve as the "distinctive mark" stipulated in Article 8 of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas.

U.S. 31 Stars Flag Commemorating California's Admission into the Union, September 9, 1850. This period example 31 stars U.S. flag was made to indicate the admission of California as the 31st state and would remain accurate until the admission of Minnesota on May 11, 1858, a period of 7 years, 8 months and 2 days.

U.S. 31 Stars Mourning flag - Mourning border for Presidents Taylor and Lincoln. In 1850 President Taylor died, the border of this flag was decorated with black silk crepe to indicate his death. It is speculated that this flag was brought out again in 1865 in honor of President Lincoln, after he was assassinated in April of that year.

Originally a 32 Star canton converted to a 34 Star U.S. Flag. The construction details of this flag indicate that it began with a 32 Star canton, for Minnesota's admission to the Union. While 32-star flags were official for a year, some manufacturers may have anticipated the 33 Star Oregon flag, as 32 star flags of any type are very scarce.

US 33 Star "Eagle Canton", California Militia National Color, Evergreen Home Guard. This flag is a striking example of mid-19th century workmanship; and likely one of the oldest surviving United States Flags both from and made in California.

33 Star U.S. Grand Luminary Flag, 1859 - 1861, former Harry Oswald Collection. Grand Luminary star arrangement had been advocated for decades earlier as a star pattern for United states flags, and it still enjoyed great popularity at the beginning of the Civil War, as this home-made flag demonstrates.

U.S. 33 Star Flag - Oregon. In this flag the canton extends through the top six stripes only, rather than the traditional seven. To explain the six-stripe canton depth, a hypothesis evolved that any flag made with the canton resting on a red stripe indicated its manufacture during a period of war.

33 Star U.S. Flag - Dodge Family Flag from the Oregon Trail. This all-cotton U.S. flag bears its 33 stars in the form of two concentric circles in the canton. They may have symbolized the eternal nature of the federal union during that era of the threatened secession.

17 Star U.S. Northern Abolitionist Exclusionary Flag, 1858 - 1859. Flags bearing 17 stars and 13 stripes were never an official flag of the United States; however numerous surviving examples confirm both their existence and use.

16 Star U.S. Flag, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's First Museum, circa 1796-1812. This unofficial 16-star flag saluted the sixteenth state, Tennessee, which joined the Union in 1796. Later there were also unofficial flags representing Ohio (1803), Louisiana (1812), and Indiana (1816).

16 Star U.S. Navy Boat Flag - Navy Yard Charleston, 1850's. This is a U.S. Navy Boat Ensign (Boat Flag) from the Naval Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, 1854-63. Marked in ink upon the heading are the inscriptions: "6 Ft. BOAT ENSIGN" and "N Y C" (the latter indicating manufacture at the United States Naval Yard at Charlestown (Boston Harbor)

18 Star U.S. Abolitionist Exclusionary Flag. This flag flew on the ship United States when it departed Boston harbor in 1860 on the Hayes Arctic Expedition. Only 18 stars, arranged in two concentric rings around a central star, representing union, despite the fact that 33 stars should have been represented in the canton.

19 Star U.S. Northern Abolitionist Exclusionary Flag, 1861. There never was an official 19 Star flag; the 15-star 15-stripe flag served throughout 1795-1818 even though five new states (Tennessee 1796, Ohio 1803, Louisiana 1812, Indiana 1816 and Mississippi 1817) joined the Union during that period.

7 Star Confederate 1st National Camp Flag, March - April 1861, former Star Spangled Banner Flag House Collection. This flag bearing the first Confederate National pattern was authenticated by the Smithsonian Institution and examined by Howard Madaus who identified it, most likely, as a camp flag.

26 Star U.S. Flag, 1837 - 1845, Grand Luminary Political Parade Flag. During the presidential election campaigns of 1840 and 1844 the U.S. flag was integrated into the campaigns. Small silk, Grand Luminary flags, such as this, were freely distributed to political partisans to use at ralleys and parades.

30 Star Political Parade U.S. national flag. This 30 star version of the U.S. national flag played its role in the presidential campaign of General Taylor in the form of numerous inexpensive small flags, probably made by Annin & Co. of New York, a flag business founded in 1847.

U.S. 34 Star National Color St. Louis Home Guard, 1861. According to the De Young Museum records, this flag came from the St. Louis, Missouri area as a gift from Laura S. Edwards in 1924. It is said to have been half-staffed on the death of Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon, who was the first Union general killed during the Civil War.

34 Star United States Parade Flag. This is a flag of an unusual pattern because of the odd star added in the upper right corner of the canton of this important flag. A flag-printing block was designed for 33 stars, but was modified to print 34 star flags.

35 Star U.S. Flag - Maj. Gen George Thomas This period example flag was made to mark the admission of West Virginia as the 35th state on June 20, 1863; and would remain accurate until the admission of Nevada on October 31st 1864, a period of 1 year, 4 months, 11 days, and would remain official until July 4th 1865.

35 Star U.S. Flag - West Virginia. West Virginia, the 35th state of the Union, was carved from the mountainous counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia. After political machinations to permit the western counties to form a new state from a portion of Virginia, West Virginia was recognized on June 20, 1863.

U.S. Infantry Regimental Color, 18th U. S. Regular Infantry This was the 18th U.S. Regular Infantry's regimental color in the period from 1865 through 1866. In the latter year, the 18th U.S. was garrisoned a Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming Territory during the "Fetterman Fight."

U.S. Army Division Headquarters Flag, 2nd Div., 9th Army Corps, 1864-1865. This flag was part of the first set of headquarters flags that General Burnside ordered in the Spring of 1864 for the four divisions and the eight brigades of his 9th Army Corps Division. This flag was present in four Civil War battles.

U.S. 34 Star Flag, New Jersey state contract (made by Yard), used by the 7th New Jersey Infantry, Captain Hopkins. This 34 Star flag was made under contract to the State of NJ by William J. Yard of Trenton as part of a group of flags for use by recruiters endeavoring to fill the ranks of New Jersey's volunteer forces during the Civil War.

U.S. 35 Star Recruiting Flag, 32nd Indiana Infantry with Battle Honors. A U.S. National recruiting flag circa 1863/64 with battle honors of the 32nd Indiana, Vol. Infantry featuring 35 stars. It has been modified to include eight battle honors, the first being "ROWLETT'S STATION" (the first engagement for the 32nd Indiana Infantry).

U.S. Army Company Flank Marker Flag, Company H, 1st N.Y. Veteran Vol. Engineers, 1864. In February 1865, the veteran companies of the 1st New York Engineers received separate company markers for use when serving as separate units away from regimental headquarters. This is the marking flag of Company H of that regiment.

U.S. Cavalry Regimental Standard. This flag is one of the best examples of American Civil War flags. It is from the Howard Michael Madaus sub-collection of Civil War Military flags and was manufactured by Longley & Bro in the mid-1860s.

U.S. 34 Star Army Mounted Troops Guidon, 1862. Although the cavalry of the U.S. Army was not provided with the Stars & Stripes at regimental level officially until 1895, in 1862 the War Department changed the pattern of the swallow-tailed guidons that were carried by each company of a regimen to the design of the Stars & Stripes.

U.S. Army Red Over White Swallowtail Pattern 1833 - Model 1861. Guidons of this pattern were provided by the U.S. Quartermaster's Department in this form when issued at the beginning of the American Civil War.

U.S, Army Light Artillery Guidon, Sand's 11th Ohio Battery with Battle Honors. A Civil War flag from the Michael Madaus sub-collection of Civil War Military flags. It belonged to the Light Artillery Ohio Battery and was used by Ohio troops in the western theatre of the American Civil War.

General George A. Custer's Headquarters Command designating Guidon, 3rd Div. Cavalry Dic., 1864 General Custer commanded the 3rd Cavalry Division in 1864 thru the end of the Civil War 1865. This flag served with Custer during this period along side his Personal guidon (see ZFC0489)

U.S. Army Bgd HQ Flag, 2nd Bgd, 4th Div, Wilson's Cav Corps. This particular flag represents the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Wilsons Cavalry Corps and was carried near its commander, Brigadier-General A.J. Alexander until the close of the War. ) General Wilson's Cavalry Corps captured CSA President Jefferson Davis in Alabama in May of 1865.

General George A. Custer's Third Personal Civil War Cavalry Guidon. This flag was only flown when Custer was on the field. This was one of Custer's more famous flags, as it served with him in the Civil War while commanding the US 3rd Cavalry Division from 1864-1865.

U.S 36 Star Flag - Flank Marker, 1865. Both the size and the fact that this flag is fringed suggest that this is a small flank marker made to indicate the location of an infantry regiments flanks when in line of battle or on parade.

34 Star Grand Luminary Flag used in President Lincoln's Funeral. After his assassination a funeral cortege by railroad was planned. At each stop his body would lay in state so that the nation might mourn its fallen martyr. This flag was flying when Lincoln's funeral train arrived at Albany on the tracks of the NY Central Railroad.

36 Star U.S. "Grand Luminary" - President Abraham Lincoln Mourning Flag. This 36 star grand luminary flags history is rich; it was used as a mourning flag after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It was formerly part of the acclaimed collection of noted antique dealer Mr. Boleslaw Mastai and his wife Marie-Louise d'Otrange Mastai.

U.S. 37 Star Flag - Nebraska Statehood. This Flag became the Official U.S. Flag on July 4th 1867. A star was added for the admission of Nebraska (March 1st,1867) and was to last for ten years. The three Presidents who served under this flag were; Andrew Johnson (1865-1869), Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), and Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881).

U.S. 38 Star Flag, Triple Ring. In 1876, America celebrated its centennial as an independent country. When Colorado attained statehood on August 1 that year, it took on the nickname "the Centennial State." The Stars and Stripes wasn't altered until July 4 the next year, however, in keeping with legal requirements.

U.S. 38 Star Flag - Mrs. Marian Knecht Marked on the heading with "Patent April 26, 1870." in reference to John Holt's patent for press dying patterns on stars. Such flags are usually associated with the United States Bunting Company of Lowell, Massachusetts.

U.S. 38 Star Flag, Jabez Loane maker. This important flag was used in the parade of the re-dedication of Baltimore, Maryland City Hall on January 2, 1977. Mayor William Donald Schaefer (to become Governor) was in command. Flag circa 1876/77.

38 Star Grand Luminary U.S. Flag - Colorado's admission into the Union, 1876. One of the last examples of the "Grand Luminary" flags. As the star count increased it became aestecially impossible to render an attractive "great star" and the popularity of the design wanted.

U.S. 38 Star Flag - J. Wright. The heading on this flag is marked "Patented Apr. 26th, 1870." This is a reference to John Holt's process for press-dyeing flags, the patent for which was under the control of the United States Bunting Company.

39 Star Unofficial U.S. Flag in anticipation of the admission of Colorado and Dakota into the Union. As per family tradition, Mrs. George Kennedy of Philadelphia prepared this flag during the Centennial Celebration of 1876. The 39 stars reflect the anticipation that the Territories of Colorado and Dakota would be admitted into the Union.

Unofficial U.S. 40 Star Flag - South Dakota. Most people anticipated the 39th state to be the Dakotas, not two states of North and South. The jump to 40 stars required people to rapidly adjust, but before many people could produce 40 star flags in response, Montana's introduction just 6 days later made 40 star flags obsolete.

41 Star U.S. Flags (Uncut Printed Group Of Six Parade Flags). These 41 star U.S. flags were made to recognize the admission of Montana as the 41st state on November 8, 1889. They were to remain accurate for a period of just three days, until the admission of Washington on November 11, 1889; consequently 41 star flags are extremely rare.

These period example 41star United States flags were made to indicate the admission of Montana as the 41st state on November 8, 1889; they would remain accurate until the admission of Washington on November 11, 1889, a period of only three days, consequently 41 star flags are extremely rare. These are a printed, uncut section from a bo[...]

The forty-two star U.S. national flag was technically not official, since Idaho Territory was admitted as the forty-third state one day before it would have been legal on July 4th 1890. Nevertheless, in the absence of communications regarding Idaho's admission, several flag makers and numerious individuals prepared 42 star flags. This notewor[...]

U.S. 43 Star Flag - Idaho's Statehood. This official count is extremely rare, because of Wyoming's introduction as the 44th state just six days after Idaho became official. Not wanting to produce obsolete flags, most flag manufacturers and homemade flag makers simply skipped 43 stars to produce 44 star flags.

The forty-four star flag, recognizing Wyoming's entry into the Union on July 10th, 1890 and official on July 4th, 1891, was the last flag commercially manufactured bearing the concentric ring star pattern that became popular during the American Civil War. Triple ring pattern. The field of this noteworthy flag consists of thirteen horizo[...]

United States // 44 stars / 8-7-7-7-7-8 kenetic stars An improtant 44 star flag acquired at Wesley Cowan auction. Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC1417) 44-STAR UNITED STATES FLAG Date: 1891-1895 Medium: Printed on cotton Comment: This is the most common star arrangement encoun[...]

Drawing of Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876. Drawing of Exhibition Hall with eagle holding a shield with American flag (13 stars, 13 stripes) + Text : "E PLURIBUS UNUM". The focus of the national centennial celebrations in 1876 was Exhibition Hall in Philadelphia, featured in this printed banner.

U.S. Army "Model 1885" Cavalry Guidon; 11th Cavalry, Second Squadron, Troop F. This particular guidon was carried during the American-Philippine War, and is associated with Major General Lawton. General Lawton was killed at Station San Mateo in Manila on December 19, 1899, during the "Philippine Insurrection".

U.S. Army 308th Arty. Guidon Battery E, WWI. This particular guidon conforms to the pattern that was adopted for field artillery batteries back in 1886 but unusually it is made from bunting, which is a feature that was not used in guidons until 1890.

Superior Court Judge John T. Ball, of Santa Clara County, California, acquired this noteworthy flag. Framed (outside dimensions 78 x 42.5). Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0599) 46- STAR UNITED STATES FLAG Date: 1908-1911 Media: Wool bunting and cotton; machine sewn Comment: On November 16[...]

48 Star U.S. Flag, 1959, The last 48 Star U.S. Flag to fly over the U.S. Capitol. On July 3rd, 1959, after 47 years of unchanged service, the last of the 48 Star U.S. flags was raised over the capitol building in Washington, D.C. On the next day, the new 49 Star flag became the new official flag of the land.

U.S. 47 Star Flag - New Mexico's Statehood. On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the forty-seventh state admitted into the Union. No official forty-seven star flag ever existed, however, because Arizona entered the Union as the forty-eighth state on February 14 of the same year.

Superior Court Judge John T. Ball, of Santa Clara County, California, acquired this flag. Unauthorized. circa 1912. Framed (outside dimensions 14 x 20). Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0601) 48-STAR UNITED STATES FLAG, WITH STAGGERED ROWS Date: 1912 Medium: Printed on cotton Comment: A nu[...]

U.S. Infantry Color 75th Regiment. WWI, 1917, Camp Lewis, WA, "Lucky 13th Division". This U.S. Infantry Regimental Color was embroidered specifically for the 75th United Infantry. Raised during World War I, the 75th was formed from volunteers and draftees from Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana.

"Humanity Flag -48 Star Franco-Anglo-American Alliance Flag, 1917 - 1918 WWI. The United States entered World War I on the side of the beleaguered Allied Powers: the failing Russian regime, England and France. To reflect this alliance on the Western Front, Albert Hewitt patented this special variation of the U.S. Stars & Stripes.

The Humanity flag oil painting; The Franco-Anglo-American Alliance. An oil-painting of a flag contemporary to America's entry into World War I, depicting the US as beacon and protector of freedom and democracy. Painted-on-cloth a rendition of a Franco-Anglo-American flag (ZFC0641) commonly called "The Humanity Flag" circa 1918.

U.S. 48 Star Flag "Whipple Flag", 1912. 48 star flag with its stars arranged in a central star to symbolize the 13 original states. The ring of stars around the "Great Star" represents the 25 states admitted to the Union up to the time of the First centennial Exposition of 1876. An outer ring symbolizes the 10 states admitted after that.

U.S. 45 star flag - (Utah statehood 1896) 45-Star silk. Framed (outside dimensions 42.25 x 46.5). Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0030) 45-STAR UNITED STATES FLAG

A Relic of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. La Bandera de Mochila was formerly part of the collection of the M.H. de Young Museum. Little is known about its history. It was acquired as a GI bringback during the Spanish American War in the 1890s and probably served as a means for Spanish citizens to express their patriotism.

A swallow-tailed variant of the Spanish National flag. This flag was part of the collection of the M.H. de Young Museum. The size and lack of coat of arms suggest that it may have been homemade for display by a Spanish family to show their patriotism or for some kind of celebration.

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Personal Flag, Gen. Ridgway, Deputy Chief of Staff, Pentagon, 1945-1951. This flag was used by Lieutenant-General Matthew B. Ridgway from his appointment to that rank on 4 June 1945, at the close of World War II, until taking command of U. N. forces on the Korean Peninsula as a full general in April of 1951.

U.S.S. Phelps, 48 Star U.S. Jack, 1st U.S. Flag hoisted over Japanese Home Territory WWII, Feb. 1944 Upon dropping anchor in the harbor of Kwajalein, this "jack" (symbolizing the reuniting of the ship with "mother earth") was raised at the ship's bow, in accordance with navy traditions.

The flag is made of cotton, cotton thread, machine stitched, thirteen alternating red and white stripes, top stripe is red, bottom stripe is red. Union/canton 29.5 inches x 33 inches with 48 stars, 2.5 inches across, sewn on the obverse and reverse sides. The flag is attached with loop and string. . Framed (outside dimensions 56 x 96). [...]

The navy ensign leading the famous British D-Day assault on Normandy This battle ensign was on the leading Royal Navy ship of the invasion that assaulted the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944. Commander Anthony Kimmins secured the flag for Calvin Bullock for his return visit to New York.

48 Star U.S. Liberation Flag made in Occupied Belgium, presented during battle to great grandson of Francis Scott Key. This 48 star U.S. flag is a Liberation Flag, a reference to any flag made in the hope of liberation from an oppressor; most commonly flags of the various allied nations during WWII.

U.S. 49 Star Flag, 1st Hoisted Over Fort McHenry, on the 4th of July 1959. This flag was flown and officially marked on the first day of authorization at Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, MD, one of the few locations in the nation with Congressional authorization to display the Stars and Stripes twenty-four hours a day.

U.S. Army Infantry Guidon, Co. F, 75th Infantry - First "Ranger" This is a first issue guidon of the US Army Rangers. Its design is based on U.S. Army "Model 1931" Infantry Company Guidon, Company F, 75th U.S. Infantry. The origin of the 75th Rangers was "Merrill's Marauders" of WWII, who fought the Japanese Army in Burma.

U.S. 10 Star Service Flag - WWII. The exact history of this Flag is unknown, but given it acquisition from a CA military surplus store in proximity to Fort Ord it is likely that this flag was used by an institution on the central California costal area to indicate that 10 serving members of the U.S. Armed Forces were associated with it.

American style Peace Flag from San Francisco - 1960s. This U.S. style flag replaces the white stars in the blue canton with a large peace symbol. This forked symbol was designed for the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) and was adopted as its badge by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Britain.

U.S. 50 Star Vietnam War Airman's Flag. During the Vietnam War, the practice of wearing chit patches was revived. The 1961 approved chit bore only the U.S. flag, below this, text that outlines a reward was rendered in 13 languages. An American aviator who was killed in action over Vietnam carried this particular chit.

Taliban Artillery Regimental H.Q. Color, taken Nov. 2001, Jalalabad, Afghanistan. This Taliban flag was recovered from the rubble of what is believed to be the regimental commander's office of the headquarters of the Taliban Army in Jalabad, Afghanistan. It was recovered in November 2001 by independent film maker Jim Burroughs.

"Flags of the Principle Nations of the World", 1837. This is a chart used by sea captains to identify the nationality of ships encountered at sea. Entitled, "The Flags of the Principal Nations of the World," it was made with printed copper engraving, hand colored, and was published in Philadelphia in 1837.

US Navy // Recruiting Posters / ENLIST NOW Original designs circa 1900 -1942 12 Re-Printed USN recruting posters. Printed by US Naval Institute Press. Mint condition - unused. Framed (outside dimensions avg26 x 19). Exhibition History First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC0177) U.S. Navy Recruiting [...]