Designating Flag, Headquarters, 20th Army Corps
National Museum of American History

Designating Flag, Headquarters, 20th Army Corps

before 1863

wool (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Pre-1863 design. Wool bunting swallowtail flag. Blue field with a hand-stitched white five-point star in the center of the flag. Hand-stitched into the star is a cotton red number "20" applique. Flag panels are machine-stitched with flat-felled seams. White cotton hoist with a grommet at either end. The inscription on the hoist reads "20TH ARMY/CORPS HEAD QUARTERS." There are extensive losses in the top swallowtail.

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