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Homemade Miniature Confederate Flag.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:225.00 USD Estimated At:450.00 - 600.00 USD
Homemade Miniature Confederate Flag.
Petit 11-star Stars and Bars flag, hand-stitched, made during the Civil War. 2 x 4 1/4, comprising two red (now pink), one white, and one midnight blue piece of silk, primitively but neatly sewn together with dark pink thread, the stars hand-painted in muted gold. Two white silk ties, to affix to a small stick (not present); when viewed from obverse, the field of stars is on the right. Mottled with soiling (or perspiration) in left half, red (a fugitive dye) faded to pink, else good, with enormous appeal and character. Details of its condition suggest that it was carried - multiple times - by a patriotic Southerner, perhaps in a pocket, or secured to a hat band. Acquired by consignor in mid-1960s. Rare, likely more so than a full-size Confederate flag (which would fetch five figures).