Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

19TH CENTURY KERCHIEF WITH A HIGHLY DETAILED PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN KERCHIEF, A WARTIME EAGLE, AND A BROWN BORDER WITH CANTONESE LETTERING, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, 1885 - 1909 
13 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A SMALL-SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1895-1920’s ERA 
42 STARS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DESIGNED AND COMMISSIONED BY WAYNE WHIPPLE, 1910-1912, A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRED EXAMPLE 
13 HAND-SEWN, SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS, LIKELY MADE BY ANNIN & CO. IN NEW YORK CITY, IN A RARE, SMALL SIZE AMONG KNOWN FLAGS WITH SEWN CONSTRUCTION, 1861-1876 ERA, PROBABLY DESIGNED FOR USE AS A CAMP COLORS OR IN SOME OTHER MILITARY FUNCTION 
CONFEDERATE PARADE FLAG IN THE SOUTHERN CROSS / BATTLE FLAG FORMAT, REUNION PERIOD, ca 1920-30 
CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION BATTLE FLAG OF THE 64TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY “C”, DESCENDED THROUGH THE FAMILY OF ITS COLOR SEARGEANT, NICHOLAS WHITMIRE, ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL EXAMPLES THAT EXISTS IN PRIVATE HANDS 
42 STARS IN A WAVE CONFIGURATION ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD 
17 STARS IN AN OVAL MEDALLION WITH 2 STARS IN THE CENTER, A MID-19TH CENTURY FLAG WITH A RARE STAR COUNT, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY CONFIGURATION, AND IN A DESIRABLE SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS OF THE PERIOD; MADE CA 1850-1865, LIKELY TO COMMEMORATE OHIO AS THE 17TH STATE 
42 UPSIDEDOWN STARS IN A WAVE CONFIGURATION ON A BRILLIANT BLUE CANTON, 1889-1890, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT 
13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A SMALL SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL ERA 
35 STAR SILK CAVALRY GUIDON WITH GILT-PAINTED STARS, IN AN EXCEPTIONAL STATE OF PRESERVATION, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1863-65 
ROOSEVELT BATTLE FLAG KERCHIEF, MADE FOR THE 1912 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT, WHEN HE RAN ON THE INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE PARTY TICKET, SIGNED "D&C / NY" WITH "UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD" IMAGE COPYRIGHT 
42 STARS, 1889-1890, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD, SCATTERED STAR POSITIONING 
EXCEPTIONAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOURNING SASH WITH PRINTED RIBBON, 1865 
38 STARS ON AN ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN FLAG WITH A DYNAMIC STARBURST CROSS, ONE OF THE MOST RARE & VISUALLY SPECTACULAR CONFIGURATIONS IN FLAG COLLECTING; ONCE BELONGING TO IRA SWARTZ OF PENNSYLVANIA, A CAREER SOLDIER WHO SERVED WITH THE FAMED 1ST MICHIGAN CAVALRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR; MADE CA 1876-1889 
POWER SQUADRONS ENSIGN, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY, 1914-1920’s 
SILK BANNER WITH GILDED AND HAND-PAINTED LETTERING AND BULLION TRIM, MADE FOR THE COMET SOCIAL & OUTING CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1912 
U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT WITH 7 STARS, A 4 FT. EXAMPLE, WWI-WWII ERA (1917-1945) 
STRIKING AND VERY RARE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BANNER WITH A PORTRAIT OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND A LARGE EAGLE, 1912