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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 34 STAR FLAG

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Other Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 34 STAR FLAG
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 34 STAR FLAG. 44" x 72". Accompanying papers with this flag state the flag was made by the John Lloyd family of Cumbola, Pa. John Lloyd was a Private in Company "H" 48th Pennsylvania Regimen. Flag is all hand-sewn. Stars are dbl appliqued, folded under and sewn and are in "folky" arrangement. Some stars are more starfish shaped and vary from 4" to 5-1/2" across. Red stripes appear to be a wool-cotton blend. White stripes appear to be cotton. Canton is also a blended cloth. Stars are cotton. Hoist is linen. This wonderful home-made flag, in old brown ink on hoist reads "48th Reg. Presented to John Lloyd 1861". CONDITION: Colors are excellent. Several stars show fraying and reduction. Scattered mothing, does not effect esthetics. Identified home-made Civil War flags are quite scarce, this flag will present very nicely. 4-53401 JS24