Flag Officer Flags or Admirals & Generals

Flag Officers are those elected, appointed or commissioned officers in the United States Military Establishment who have risen high enough in grade to have their physical presence marked by a personal flag. Usually used in conjunction with their command, these flags identify both the service and the

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U.S. Army Presidential Color, 1912.
U.S. Army Presidential Color, 1912 - 1916.This extremely rare flag was used to indicate the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army at military ceremonies. This color is dated October 12, 1912, months before President Taft left office. This means both Presidents William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson may have used this color.
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U.S. General of the Army 5 star Flag - WWII.
U.S. Army General of the Army Personal Flag, 5 Stars, 1944-1945, WWII This extremely rare, wool, five-star rank flag designates the personal presence of General of the Army, the highest possible wartime grade in the United States Army.
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U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Flag, WWII.
U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral's Personal Flag from WWII. This well worn, dark blue wool rank flag defaced with five white stars is unmarked and does not reveal which of the four men entitled to it, as Fleet Admirals, might have displayed it during WWII.
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U.S 4 star Flag Army General Robert Eichelberger.
U.S. Army General Personal Flag, Robert Eicherberger 1944-1945, WWII. This is a U.S. Army designating field flag for the grade of full general, which belonged to General Eichelberger. In the United States Army all general officers are entitled to display personal rank flags and a corresponding National Color.
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U.S. Navy Admiral's Flag.
A full Admiral's flag dating from the Vietnam War Era. This nylon Admiral's Flag bears the four stars of his grade. It dates from the Vietnam war era. It would have been used for display on small boats and Admiral's barges; however the officer whom it represented is still unknown.
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Commandant of the U.S.M.C. Flag, Gen Cates
Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Personal Flag - General Cates. This flag was hoisted to indicate the presence of General Clifton Bledsoe Cates at the naval funeral service of the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Forrest Percival Sherman aboard the U.S.S. Mount Olympus.
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3 Star Flag - Army Lieutenant General Ridgway.
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.
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U.S. Army Major General Boat Flag.
U.S. Army Major General Boat Flag - Gen. Vincent Strong. Wool boat flags like this were first authorized for the officers of the War Department's General Staff in 1923. Later smaller versions called automobile flags were authorized in 1931. This boat flag was used by Brigadier General George V. Strong (1880-1946).
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U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Ballentine Flag.
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Auto & Miniature Flag - John Jennings Ballentine. This small, blue woolen Auto & Miniature flag with two white five-pointed stars arranged vertically and finished with a sleeve and ties was used by John Jennings Ballentine, during WWII, who was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
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U.S. Army Air Force Major General - WWII
U.S. Army Air Force, Major General's flag, Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief,S.H.A.E.F., HQ,1944. This is a large linsey-woolsey flag exhibiting blue field with Army Air Corps insignia in center with star to left and right, flag measures 35" x 64" and presents canvas pole sleeve with interior leather tabs as well as grommets
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U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Flag - Upper Half.
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Flag - Upper Half. This U.S. Coast Guard, size 5, Rear Admiral (Upper Half). Coast Guard personal flags are used according to the same rules followed by the Navy, serving as a distinctive mark in lieu of the commission pennant when a flag officer is on board a ship.
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U.S. Army Brigadier General Personal Flag.
U.S. Army Brigadier General Personal Flag - Gen. Hesketh, Military Mayor of Berlin. This U.S. Army, Brigadier General Personal Flag was used by Brigadier General William Hesketh, in 1947, when he served as the "Military Mayor" or City Commandant of Berlin's American Sector under the Allied Military Government of Germany.
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U.S. Navy Commodores Broad Pennant 1869-1876.
U.S. Navy Commodores Broad Pennant, 1869-1876. This is an extremely rare Commodores Broad Pennant used by the U.S. Navy for a brief period. During this period, the U.S. Navy abandoned its system of blue flags bearing the appropriate numbers of stars for an admiral's grade, replacing it with 13 stripe flags, some defaced with red stars.
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U.S. Army Brig. General Staff Boat Flag - 1928.
U.S. Army, Brigadier General, General Staff Corps, 1928 - George Veazey Strong. This Boat Flag was used by Brigadier General George V. Strong (1880-1946). As a career army officer he served with distinction in World War I, during which he was awarded the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Medal for his part in the assault on St. Mihiel.
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U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corps Flag.
U.S. Army Brigadier General Quartermaster Corps Automobile Flag. This example was made to identify the vehicle of a brigadier general of that corps. All officers of the general staff were authorized a field and boat flag as well as a car flag, and this is an example of the later.
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U.S.A.F. Base Commander Automobile Flag.
U.S.A.F. Base Commander Automobile Flag. This small blue, worn cotton flag, with a machine-sewn silhouette of an American colonel's eagle, is not an item of US Air Force (USAF) issue but rather a "Base Made" interpretation of a Base Commander's flag, or at least how one ought to look.
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U.S. Army Brigadier General Air Corps Flag.
A U.S. Army Air Corps Brigadier General Automobile flag. This flag was made to identify the vehicle of a brigadier general on the staff of that corps. All general officers of the corps staff were authorized a field and boat flag as well as a car flag, and this is an example of the later. The Philadelphia Quartermaster depot made it in 1939.