U.S. Army Semaphore Flags - Captain Claus Emanuel Ekstrom.
U.S. Army Flag Set, two cotton, red and white semaphore flags, on their original staffs with case. These were used for long distance visual communications.
These flags were from the personal artifacts of Captain Claus Emanuel Ekstrom, adjutant of the 74th Infantry Regiment during WWI. Capt. Ekstrom served with this regiment while they were being trained and organized at Camp Devin, Massachusetts. They were a part of the 24th Infantry Brigade of the 12th Division, nicknamed the "Plymouth Division" because of their Massachusetts origins. The war ended before they were deployed overseas and the regiment served entirely stateside.
After the war, the Swedish-born Captain Ekstrom became a professor of education at Brown University.
Provenance: Acquired by purchase at an Internet Auction by the Louise Veninga Collection.
ZFC Noteworthy Flag
Sources:
74th Infantry Regiment, Wikipedia, 2w May 2012, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29
Ekstrom, Claus Emanuel, Brunoniana, 2 May 2012, from: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=E0080
Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection
