Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

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 
38 LARGE STARS POINTING IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH PERSIMMON STRIPES, AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE IN A VARIATION THAT I HAVE NOT BEFORE SEEN, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889 
38 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE ADDED TO THE UNION, 1876-1889 
SMALL SUFFRAGETTE PENNANT WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, 1910-1920 
EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEF GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 
PAIR OF STEVENSGRAPH RIBBONS WITH IMAGES OF FRANKIN D. ROOSEVELT AND WINSTON CHURCHILL, WWII ERA (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1941-45) 
EXCEPTIONAL 1821 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON CLOTH, PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY ROBERT & COLLIN GILLESPIE 
RARE, LARGE SCALE KERCHIEF WITH IMAGE OF JOHN TRUMBULL’S “DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,” MADE FOR THE 1826 SEMICENTENNIAL 
25 STARS IN A VERY RARE LINEAL ARRANGEMENT THAT FEATURES A LARGE CENTER STAR, SOUTHERN-EXCLUSIONARY, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN THIS STYLE AND THE ONLY 19TH CENTURY PARADE FLAG IN THIS STAR COUNT