$5,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
A Grand Old Flag: The Stars and Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim
Auction: November 24, 2019 1:00:00 PM EDT
Stenciled on both sides with gold stars arranged in a double oval medallion enclosing 2 stars, with 4 corner stars on a silk canton, machine-sewn silk stripes, gold silk fringe, sleeve hoist.
73 in. x 76 in.Literature: Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), 129.
Note: During the Civil War, the United States Quartermaster Department contracted Flags for Volunteer Units from their regional Quartermaster Depots. These Flags were not marked with regimental insignia or numbers. The oval double medallion pattern is known to have been favored by the Philadelphia regional Depot.