$1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
A Grand Old Flag: The Stars and Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim
Auction: November 24, 2019 1:00:00 PM EDT
The embroidered stars arc above an American Eagle with shield on silk canton, 16 vertical machine-sewn silk stripes, embroidered Coast Guard insignia on fly, with gold fringe, sleeved hoist, mounted and framed.
4 ft. x 6 ft. (sight)Provenance: Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD, Pennsylvania, March 2005.
Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), accompanying fold-out.
Note: The United States Revenue Cutter Service and Life Saving Service were combined to form The United States Coast Guard, January 28, 1915, under President Woodrow Wilson. This Coast Guard Flag is one of the earliest known examples.