Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

RARE 26 STAR U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT, 55 FEET ON THE FLY, 1837-1845, MICHIGAN STATEHOOD 
38 STARS IN AN INTERTWINED "DOUBLE-S" CONFIGURATION, ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON THAT RESTS UPON THE WAR STRIPE, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD 
13 STAR PRIVATE YACHT FLAG, A SCARCE AND DESIRABLE EXAMPLE WITH SINGLE-APPLIQUED, HAND-SEWN STARS AND ANCHOR, PROBABLY MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, CA 1890-1910 
13 STARS IN THE BETSY ROSS WREATH CONFIGURATION, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PRINTED FLAGS TO APPEAR IN THIS STYLE, A SOUVENIR OF THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA, 1898-1915 
CALIFORNIA STATE FLAG, 1940-1950, A LARGE EXAMPLE WITH ATTRACTIVE WEAR FROM EXTENDED USE 
EXTRAORDINARILY RARE 48 STAR PARADE FLAG WITH "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR" OVERPRINT, USED IN A PARADE IN DERRY, NH, 1942 
CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG OF SGT. JOSEPH L. GRANTHAM OF THE 16TH VA INFANTRY, MAILED TO HIS FUTURE WIFE, MISS LYDIA A. GRANTHAM, OF MIDDLEWAY, VIRGINIA (ANNEXED TO WEST VIRGINIA IN 1863) 
34 STARSIN A RARE "GREAT STAR" PATTERN, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD 
13 STARS IN A 4-5-4 CONFIGURATION, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH UNUSUALLY LARGE STARS THAT HAVE AN UNCOMMONLY BOLD PRESENTATION, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63) 
13 STARS, A COTTON PARADE FLAG, MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1850 AND THE CIVIL WAR, LIKELY TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF A UNION SOLDIER BY JOHN S. WHITE OF THE 21ST MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY H 
13 HAND-SEWN STARS ON A FLAG WITH ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, IN A RARE, SMALL SIZE FOR THE PERIOD, 1876 CENTENNIAL ERA 
38 STAR FLAG WITH A MULTI-COLOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN'S BADGE AT THE CENTER OF A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION STAR CONFIGURATION AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889 
45 UPSIDE-DOWN STARS, 1896-1907, UTAH STATEHOOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA 
45 STARS ON A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, 1896-1907, UTAH STATEHOOD, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA 
35 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS IN 3 DIFFERENT SIZES, ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A WHIMSICAL "GREAT STAR" PATTERN, A MASTERPIECE AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, IN A RARE SMALL SIZE, MADE OF SILK, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-65 
34 STARS IN COLUMNS OF FIVE STARS WITH AN OFFSET COLUMN OF FOUR AT THE HOIST END, THE ONLY EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS EXACT FORM, 1861-1863, OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR 
34 STARS, A CIVIL WAR PERIOD PARADE FLAG ON ITS ORIGINAL WOODEN STAFF, RARE AND WITH EXCEPTIONAL GRAPHIC QUALITIES, KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-63 
38 STARS IN AN EXTREMELY RARE LINEAL CONFIGURATION THAT HAS 4 TINY STARS EMBEDDED IN THE PATTERN, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD 
13 STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION ON A SMALL SCALE FLAG WITH "SQUARISH" PROPORTIONS, 1895-1926 
45 STARS, 1896-1907, UTAH STATEHOOD, A SCARCE, ELONGATED VARIETY WITH A RECTILINEAL STAR PATTERN THAT IS NOTCHED IN THREE CORNERS