WWI Phila Depot, QM Corps, US Army, 48 Star Wool Regimental Battle Flag Dtd 1917

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WWI Phila Depot, QM Corps, US Army, 48 Star Wool Regimental Battle Flag Dtd 1917:
$750.00

WWI, 48 Star, Wool Regimental Battle Flag; Phila. Depot, QM Corps, US ARMY dtd 1917

For your consideration is this extremely rare WWI Regimental Battle Flag that was manufactured by the Philadelphia Depot, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army dtd 1917.

Museum Description:

Philadelphia Depot, QM Corps, US Army, 48 Stars, Regimental Battle Flag, Punitive Expeditionary Force (Mexican Border War), Stripes to Hoist, Silk Fringe, Sleeve Hoist, Wool Fabric, Silk Embroidered Stars, dtd 1917

**** NOTE: The last Flag pictured is from the Michigan Battle Flag Collection. It's the 77th Infantry Regiment. It's the exact same type of Flag that I have listed. It's a field, Regimental Flag made of wool with silk knotted fringing. Most of these field Flags are in museums across the country. Take this chance and own a true piece of US HISTORY.

How I got my uniforms

This Regimental National Colors 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. .

Description:

48 Stars,

Regimental Battle Flag

WWI Period,

Stripes to Hoist,

Fringe,

Sleeve Hoist,

Rectangular Regulation Size

measurements

Fly: 5ft-6in

Hoist: 4ft-4in

Battle Flags used by the American military are a special category of Flags unto themselves. Prior to the Mexican War in the late 1840s, American military units typically did not carry American Flags into battle. The primary use of Flags in this early epoch was for Navy and maritime use. By the 1840s, Army units began to carry the Stars and Stripes, but surviving examples from this era are extremely rare. American Flags for commercial or home use during the pre-Civil War era was almost non-existent. It wasn't until the Civil War that the use of the Stars and Stripes for military, commercial, and home use became mainstream in American culture. American battle Flags in particular, both in the Stars and Stripes format, and in the heraldic eagle forms used for headquarters Flags, saw widespread use during the Civil War, and the practice continues to this day. Recognizing an American battle Flag is sometimes challenging, but those gathered from the Rare Flags collection and presented here should help you identify them.

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