United States. An Army Brigadier General's Rank Field Flag Auction Archive 86 mm (w) x 34

86 mm (w) x 34

mostly circa 1870-1880 period manufacture

Private Manson went to France in February 1916

with an off-white velvet base

United States. An Army Brigadier General's Rank Field Flag Auction Archive 86 mm (w) x 34Fabricated from cotton, consisting of a bright scarlet red field bearing a 258 mm (w) x 247 mm (h) white cotton five pointed star stitched in place in the center on both sides. There are 105 mm (w) x 105 mm (h) reinforcing patches stitched in place at the upper left and right of the flag on the back, where they butt the hoist sleeve. The thick cotton hoist sleeve is stitched in place on the left side, composed of one strip folded over from the front