Flags, Banners

Let it fly! Discover rare military flags, banners and guidons.

Confederate flag made out of flowers at the Confederate Statue in Jasper, Alabama. 2010.
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Marines, Navy ban Confederate Battle Flag

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Landing Craft flag survived D-Day landing at Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach D-Day American Flag flown on the mast of LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) (L)-413, which brought ashore the valiant 115th Infantry Regiment on June 6, 1944. Extensive provenance.
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Milestone Auctions’ Historic Militaria, Weapons & Firearms Auction Jan. 24-25

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/AP and retouched by by Alexis Jazz, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Marine's Identity Confirmed

Back in 1976 at the height of the Bicentennial of the United States, my Dad purchased a reproduction "Bennington" Flag to fly outside of our grocery store. It was back then that I began to wonder about US flag protocol.
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RESPECT FOR OUR FLAG

1864 battle flag carried by the ‘127th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops,’ hand-painted by African-American artist and Union troop David Bustill Bowser. Only surviving flag of those Bowser created for the 11 Pennsylvania Black regiments. Sold by Morphy Auctions for $196,800 on June 13, 2019. Morphy Auctions image
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1864 Civil War Black regimental flag realizes $196,800 at Morphy’s

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MLT SPOT FOR SALECROP
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UP FRONT AND CENTER!

This Spot Reaches More than 10,000 people a day.

At the time, military planners felt it made sense to house Guard units in tents rather than wooden barracks. All Guard units already had tents as part of their standard equipment. The Guardsmen pictured above have written their company and platoon information with small pebbles outside the door of their squad tent.
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WWI National Guard

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Favorite Find: Roster Book of the Officer Corps of the 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 55

One of the more colorful, but harder to find in good condition, souvenirs purchased by the soldiers are the felt and cotton pennants made for units or training camps. This camp Devens example gives some hint of the original colors but has suffered a lot of damage over the years.
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Collecting the WWI Training Camps

Following her launching on May 17, 1942, Strong was moved to Bath Iron Works’ fitting-out basin for completion. Seen here tied up inboard of her sister ship Chevalier (DD-451). The two ships would find themselves even closer in a fateful Battle for Kula Gulf on July4-5, 1943. (National Archives, Courtesy of Mr. Stephen Harding)
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Lt. “Rose Bowl” Miller Graduates from Gridiron Glory to WWII Legend

190219-N-QD512-0022NORFOLK (Feb. 19, 2019) Quartermaster 2nd Class Taylor Miller, from Kent, Ohio, unfurls the union jack on the jack staff of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is undergoing a planned incremental availability during the maintenance phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaleb Sarten/Released)
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Navy Returns to Flying Union Jack

World War II Army veteran Charlie Brown of Olean, New York displays his captured Hitler Youth battle flag from his combat experience in Europe as part of the 258th Field Artillery Battalion with Lt. Col. Peter Mehling, right, and Capt. Steven Kerr, left, the current battalion commander and operations officer of the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York November 20, 2017. ( U.S. National Guard photo by Col. Richard Goldenberg.)
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33,902 Rounds Later

Robert F. Goron had been a Technician Fifth Grade with the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion 357th Infantry Regiment of the 90th Division during WWII. Much of his military career is reflected in the collection of patches, insignia, and medals that I acquired more than 40 years after having first met Mr. Goron.
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Favorite Find: Robert Goren 90th Divison Collection

Fort Sumter National Monument encompasses three sites in Charleston: the original Fort Sumter, the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center, and Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island. Access to Fort Sumter itself is by private boat or a 30-minute ferry ride from the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center or Patriots Point.
JAG File: All things History

Collecting...An Experience

Becoming popular in the late 19th century, decorated silk objects were popular with soldiers want to send something home that would cast a “softer” side to the realities of military life.
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Silk in Service

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A treasure trove of historic flags found in the Virginia War Museum

The First Navy Jack is the current U.S. jack authorized by the United States Navy and is flown from the jackstaff of commissioned vessels of the U.S. Navy while moored pierside or at anchor. The design is traditionally regarded as that of the first U.S. naval jack flown in the earliest years of the republic. Navy Rear Adm. Brian Fort, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, directed the base headquarters to fly the First Navy Jack throughout 2018 to honor the 17 sailors lost in 2017 collisions at sea and to signify renewed resolve.
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‘First Navy Jack’ flies in Hawaii to honor 17 sailors lost in collisions

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D-Day landing-craft flag to be centerpiece at Milestone’s Premier Guns & Military Auction

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Japanese battleship flag donated at Pearl Harbor

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Mystery flags: government issued or privately acquired?

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Confirmation on Iwo Jima flag raisers mistaken identities

Flown from the stern of U.S. Navy vessel LCC 60--the sole guide boat at Utah Beach--and retained by its skipper Lieutenant Howard Vander Beek was sold at auction for $514,000.
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Utah Beach D-Day flag sold at auction

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The House says 'NO' to Confederate flag over federal veteran's cemeteries

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American Civil War era flags hightlight Julia firearms sales

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Justices rule for Texas in dispute over confederate flag license plate

Dad proudly flew a “Bennington” style flag in front of our store during the 1970s. he Bennington version is easily identified by a large '76' in the canton, recalling the year 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Another distinctive feature of the Bennington flag is the arrangement of the 13 stripes, with white being outermost (rather than red being outermost as in the current flag). Also, its stars have seven points each (instead of the current five) and the blue canton is taller than on other flags, spanning nine instead of seven of the thirteen stripes. The example shown here was photographed flying over San Francisco City Hall.
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Celebrate Flag Day-June 14

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Radio show host wins D-Day flag with $350,000 bid

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Confederate flag donated to museum

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Illinois military museum displaying war flags

Wall hangings featuring finely detailed, snarling tigers were popular souvenirs during the Vietnam War. Entirely hand-sewn, these almost always had the word “Viet-Nam” on the obverse.
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Vietnam wall hangings become snarling souvenirs

This veteran-acquired Reichs War Flag differs from the two illustrated below in that the bars of the center cross touch the outer ring and there is no space between the circle and the center cross. Is this just an anomaly or would it constitute a third pattern of the Reichs War Flag?
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Reichs War Flag: A third pattern?

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Civil War battle flags, including one that waved over Gettysburg, on display

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Philly museum displays war rugs from Afghanistan

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See newly preserved Civil War battle flags

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Confederate Battle Flag auctioned for $59,750

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Civil War flag tops Heritage auction bidding

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Creator of first 50 Star American flag dies

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Army headquarters flags wave in nearly $18,000

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School fire turns up 112-year-old flag

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Rare Civil War flags to be restored

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Civil War Flag Rediscovered

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Know-Nothing Party flag tops Cowan's sale

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Vintage Flag Seller Pulled From eBay

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CUSTER'S FLAG AND GRANT'S SWORD TO BE AUCTIONED

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Flag from USS Tucson in Dire Need of Repair

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History Museum Purchases Noted Civil War Flag

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Auction of Alcatraz Flag Stirs Debate, Memories

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Found Flag Could be Worth Millions of Dollars

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Rare Confederate flag at Hatch, Feb. 21-23