WWI 48 Star, SILK Regimental Battle Flag 108th CAV GA NTL GRD during Border War

WWI 48 Star, SILK Regimental Battle Flag 108th CAV GA NTL GRD during Border War:
$30000.00

Border War to WWI U.S. Army Regimental Battle Flag • SILK REGIMENTAL COLORS KNOTTED FRINGING.

How I got my uniforms

This uniform was obtained by my grandfather. My grandfather went to the GA Military Academy when he was young. He served in the GA National Guard as a piolet. He crashed a plane while he was in the National Guard and was in traction well over a year and afterwards he opened several service stations in Savannah, GA around Hunter Army Airfield. He was given much more ration tickets than the average person because of his business. (I guess it's called profiteering.) Soldiers from Enlightened Men to Officers would trade military uniforms, Flags, guidons, coins, liquor, etc for gasoline, tires, batteries, etc. This is how he built his collection. My grandfather passed away September 09, 2000 at the age of 89 years old. I inherited his collections. I wanted to keep everything and open a museum one day, but my baby girl, Allison, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia April 3, 2021. I had to sell my collection of to help my daughter to be as comfortable as she can be while she is still taking her Chemotherapy. Her case was reduced to Chronic Myeloid Leukemia around October of 2021. My oldest daughter, Caitlin, is an exact match for Allison with her bone marrow. I kept asking why we can't go ahead with the transplant. I was told in November that she will have to start radiation therapy for the transplant. This will sterilize her, making it impossible for her to have children when she gets older and it will push her into menopause by 13. They are holding off as long as they can. They want to wait until she starts her cycle. But her levels have started going up and the Chemotherapy that she is taking is very hard on the body. We are now going to a Pediatric Oncologist, Pediatric Hematologist, Pediatric Endocrinologist , & Psychiatrist. They are suspecting that the Sprycel is damaging her body. She is only supposed to be on it for 6 months to push her body into molecular remission. She has never gone into remission in the last year in a half..... Anyway, this is why I'm selling my collection and where it came from. It's been in my family for at the most 90 years. .

48 Star, Regimental Battle Flag, Mexican Border War Period, Stripes to Hoist, Knotted Fringe, Sleeve Hoist, Rectangular Regulation Size

The most common indicators of a Army battle Flag made for use by ground forces include:

•The presence of fringe around the borders of a Flag

Embroidered, gilt-painted, or silk sewn stars

•Hoists that consist of the stripe or colored material, rather than a separate white hoist

•The presence of ribbon-like ties or a sleeve along the hoist edge of the Flag

•A large, nearly square shape, which often indicates a regimental color

•The use of silk fabric in the Flag's construction

For your consideration is this extremely rare Regimental Battle Flag. This Flag was used by the Georgia National Guard during the Mexican Border War, circa 1917.

The measurements for this Flag are near to square. They are 4 Ft. 4 In. x 5 Ft. 6 In. The size of this Flag is exact to the sizes used by U.S. ground forces and State National Guard since the mid 19th century.

By the time that this Flag was used, the US Army Regulations created a Wool National Colors of “Regulation Size” & a Silk National Colors of “Regulation Size”. This coincided with the 1895 Guidon regulations.

Wool Battle Flag & Wool guidon were considered Service pieces. These were used for all activities with the exception of ceremonies.

Silk Battle Flags & Silk Guidons were used only for ceremonial purposes.

Silk guidons were done away with in 1921. Silk Battle Flags were done away with after 1952.

This Flag is a contract piece as it wasn’t manufactured by the Quartermaster Depot. This was a common practice in the late 19th to early 20th century. These contract pieces or private purchase Flags were used by National Guard units across the US.

This piece was used during the Border War period from 1917 through 1919. This Flag came from a large 108th Cavalry Regiment grouping that I have slowly sold that was in my grandfather’s collection since the 1940s.

This Flag was said to have been used while stationed at the border.

This is an entirely silk Flag. The canton is a cornflower blue silk with silk embroidered stars. The Red & White bars are printed. The fringe is extremely early as it is a knotted silk. This piece measures 4ft 4in by 5ft 6in.

This is a very tough Flag to find.

There are a couple of spots that were repaired while in used by the Army. It’s a very old repair.

WWI 48 Star, SILK Regimental Battle Flag 108th CAV GA NTL GRD during Border War:
$30000.00

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