Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

JAPANESE-MADE PARADE FLAG IN THE RISING SUN FORMAT, THAT SERVED AS THE WAR FLAG OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY FROM 1889-1945, MADE DURING AMERICAN OCCUPATION (1945-1952)

Web ID: ofj-997

OHIO STATE FLAG WITH CIVIL WAR VETERANS' OVERPRINT FROM THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC POST IN COLUMBUS, MADE IN MOURNING OF THE 1925 PASSING OF NATIONAL G.A.R. COMMANDER IN CHIEF DANIEL M. HALL, WHO ALSO SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE G.A.R., AS WELL AS THE LOCAL CHAPTER

Web ID: ofj-940

RARE CIVIL WAR PERIOD FEDERAL STANDARD STYLE FLANK GUIDON OF THE 100TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, HAND-PAINTED AND GILDED ON SILK, 1862-1865

Web ID: ofj-885

TIFFANY-MADE, CHENNILE-EMBROIDERED, SILK FLAG FEATURING THE SEAL OF NEW YORK, MADE FOR THE 1ST REGIMENT NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD, PROBABLY BETWEEN THE 1876 CENTENNIAL AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898)

Web ID: ofj-838

IMPORTANT FLAG OF THE PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS

Web ID: ofj-807

ONE OF A TINY GROUP OF SURVIVING ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAGS THAT INCLUDES A RATTLESNAKE, IN A VARIANT OF DESIGNS RECORDED AS HAVING BEEN FLOWN BY THE COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS NAVY (1775-1776) & POSSIBLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA NAVY ON THE DELAWARE RIVER (1775 – 1778), ALL WITH A GREEN PINE TREE AS THE CENTRAL DEVICE ON A WHITE FIELD; THIS EXAMPLE MADE circa 1910-1926, WITH A RATTLESNAKE COILED ABOUT ITS BASE AND TWO SLOGANS: “AN APPEAL TO GOD” & “DON’T TREAD ON ME”

Web ID: ofj-1008

EXTREMELY EARLY KERCHIEF WITH A CHART OF 152 INTERNATIONAL MARITME FLAGS, PRINTED ON CLOTH, circa 1837-1845, WITH A 26 STAR AMERICAN FLAG AT THE TOP LEFT

Web ID: ker-252

GRAPHIC AND COLORFUL, PORTRAIT STYLE KERCHIEF MADE FOR THE 1848 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF ZACHARY TAYLOR, WITH PORTRAITS OF FOUR OTHER MEXICAN WAR OFFICERS AND A WAVING 30 STAR FLAG

Web ID: ker-250

1840 CAMPAIGN KERCHIEF FEATURING AN IMAGE OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ON HORSEBACK IN MILITARY GARB, ONE OF THE FIRST KNOWN CAMPAIGN TEXTILES IN EARLY AMERICA

Web ID: ker-074

PORTRAIT STYLE KERCHIEF FROM THE 1952 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICAN IKE EISENHOWER, FORMER SUPREME COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE DURING WWII (NATO)

Web ID: ker-001

CIVIL WAR PERIOD, CONFEDERATE, SOUTHERN CROSS BATTLE FLAG, IN A VARIANT OF THE TYPE MADE AT THE RICHMOND DEPOT, PRIMARILY DISTRIBUTED TO ROBERT E. LEE’S ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA; FIELD-CARRIED AND QUITE POSSIBLY CAPTURED, LIKELY PRODUCED BETWEEN JULY, 1862 AND FEBRUARY, 1865, AS PART OF THE 3rd OR 7th BUNTING ISSUES

Web ID: fcj-934

EXTREMELY RARE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG, IN A SIZE AND STYLE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ORDERED AT RICHMOND BY GENERAL JOE JOHNSTON, FOR USE BY CONFEDERATE CAVALRY IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA (ANV), BUT THOUGHT TO HAVE NEVER BEEN PRODUCED; LIKELY MADE BETWEEN JULY, 1862 - FEBRUARY, 1865, AS PART OF THE 3rd -7th ISSUES OF ANV BATTLE FLAGS

Web ID: fcj-932

15-STAR CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG OF GENERAL LLOYD TILGHMAN, WHO LED THE 3RD KENTUCKY INFANTRY, CO. D; CAPTURED & EXCHANGED FOR UNION GENERAL JOHN REYNOLDS IN 1862; DEFEATED GRANT AT COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS WITH RELEASED PRISONERS; KILLED AT VICKSBURG IN 1863, WHEN STRUCK IN THE CHEST BY A CANNONBALL; ONE OF ONLY FOUR FLAGS KNOWN IN THIS RARE STAR COUNT ACROSS ALL EXAMPLES; THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CROSS BATTLE FLAG I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED IN PRIVATE HANDS

Web ID: fcj-870

48 STAR U.S. NAVY JACK, MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, DURING WWII, DATED 1944

Web ID: 48j-1065

RARE & BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH IMAGES OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND HIS GREAT WHITE FLEET, 1907-1909, EX-RICHARD PIERCE COLLECTION

Web ID: 46j-906

PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARY CIVIL WAR VETERAN’S FLAGS WITH HIGHLY UNUSUAL OVERPRINTS THAT INCLUDE REGIMENTAL DESIGNATIONS FROM THE 5th NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY & THE 115th NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY; EACH WITH A DIFFERENT ANTICIPATORY STAR COUNT (46 STARS IN 1902 & 48 STARS IN 1905)

Web ID: 46j-903 & 48j-1091

46 STAR U.S. MILITARY CAMP COLORS, PRESS-DYED ON WOOL BUNTING, MADE BY HORSTMANN, PHILADELPHIA, SIGNED AND DATED 1909, ON ITS REMARKABLE, ORIGINAL STAFF; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – SEPTEMBER, 2021

Web ID: 46j-882

LARGE & BEAUTIFULLY FADED, ANTIQUE AMERICAN JACK w/ 45 STARS ARRANGED IN A “NOTCHED” PATTERN, INTENTIONALLY LEAVING SPACE FOR THE 3 REMAINING WESTERN TERRITORIES YET TO BE ADDED; MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1896 - 1908, WHEN UTAH WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION; SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ERA

Web ID: 45j-1012

44 STARS IN ZIGZAGGING ROWS ON A PRESS-DYED WOOL AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, POSSIBLY FOR USE AS A MILITARY CAMP COLORS, 1890-1896, REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD

Web ID: 44j-907

40 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, AN EXTREMELY RARE COUNT REFLECTING THE ADDITION OF SOUTH & NORTH DAKOTA ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 1889, ACCURATE FOR JUST 6 DAYS; WITH OVERPRINTED ADVERTISING FOR A CIVIL WAR VERTERN’S UNIT IN GEORGETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS; ILLUSTRATED IN “THE STARS & STRIPES: FABRIC OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT” by RICHARD PIERCE (2005); EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM JUNE – SEPTEMBER, 2021

Web ID: 40j-804

 


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