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INTERNATIONAL TREASURES
Flags of France
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ZFC0415Â France, Royal Banner, late 18th or early 19th century, with staff, Louis XIV or Louis XVI reigns, ex De Young. The central design shows the coat of arms of the French monarchy in long use until 1792. Read more
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ZFC0417Â France - National Guard Color 15th Battalion, 1870.
Its inscriptions and distinctive finial can identify this flag, from the De Young Museum. Following the defeat of the French Army in the 1870 war with Prussia and the creation of the radical Commune
in Paris, a National Guard replaced the regular Army. Read more
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ZFC0208 French flag carried by Captain Paul “Fearless Frogman†Boyton during his descent of the Rhone and the Loire Rivers in 1878. The Tricolor of France is one of the best-known and most inspirational national flags in history. The three colors combined came to be associated with liberty during the French Revolution on clothing, banners, chinaware, printed material, and in flags. Read more
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ZFC1080 National Flag of France formerly flown over the Eiffel Tower. According to its documentation, this flag flew on the Eiffel tower and was a gift to Calvin Bullock from his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bullock. Born Marie Leóntine Graves from American parents in Paris, she married Calvin Bullock's son Hugh in 1933 after completing her education. Read more
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ZFC1089Â French ensign from the famous WWII battleship Richelieu. . A French ensign from the famous WWII battleship Richelieu., presented to Calvin Bullock by the Chief of the French Naval Mission in 1943 as the battleship underwent refitting at
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Read more
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ZFC0514 France Ensign, FFL Aconite WWII, Sank 2 German U-Boats on same day, 1943. An iconic French ensign which embodies the brief, yet brave, struggle of French forces against fascist Germany in the opening years of WWII. This flag comes from the FNFL corvette ‘Aconit’ and was part of the Bullock Collection. Read more
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ZFC7000Â France Libre, Occupation made Liberation Flag. A rare and perilously home-produced flag of the Vichy France resistance movement. During the occupation, in 1944 a patriotic French woman crocheted this flag at great personal peril. After liberation the flag was framed and preserved. Read more
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ZFC2589Â French Masthead Pennant - Late 18th Century to Mid-19th Century. This is a long, wool French masthead pennant found in the flag locker of the USS Constitution in the 1850s. A masthead pennant is the distinguishing mark of a nation's warship. Read more
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