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7 Star Confederate 1st National Camp Flag, March - April 1861, former Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection....
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7 Star Confederate 1st National Camp Flag, March - April 1861, former Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection. This 24" X 41" seven-star Confederate cotton flag was formerly part of the collection of The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum. Founded in 1927, it is one of Baltimore's oldest museums open to the public. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association, Inc. was formed in 1927 to operate a museum dedicated to the story of Mary Young Pickersgill who made the large 30' x 42' Star-Spangled Banner that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that later became the United States National Anthem. Mary Pickersgill's flag still survives and now hangs at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. As one of the earliest institutions dedicated to the study of flags, The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum also became a repository for flags from other eras, amassing one of the most impressive flag collections in the nation.The 7 white, five-point stars which are arranged in a single ring around a center star date this flag to the period of months between March 4 and May 7, 1861. This design is a variant of the first flag adopted by the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America.
The flag was authenticated by the Smithsonian Institution and examined by legendary flag historian Howard Madaus, who identified it, most likely, as a camp flag. In army usage, a camp flag is a non-ceremonial flag used to indicate the presence of a unit of a corps, division or regiment in a camp or other location.
Stars sewn on the obverse with the blue fabric cut away on the reverse, edges not finished. Stars in a circle with a center star.
A very rare example of an early form of the iconic "First National" Confederate flag, particularly desirable as it was identified by Madaus as having had military, as opposed to private patriotic, use.
Framed (outside dimensions 30 x 48). Excellent overall condition for display.
Condition: light damp staining.
Exhibition History:
First Presidio Exhibit
7-Star Confederate National Flag (The Stars and Bars)
Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 Gallery III
7-Star Confederate National Flag (The Stars and Bars)
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library
LIFE AND TIMES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The Exhibit
Simi Valley, CA
1 June 2014 to 30 September 2014
Publication History:
Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 66.
• Confederate States of America, 1861.
• Acquired by Mr. Theodore Deck, and by descent to daughter.
• Mrs. Mary Gertrude Deck King, Baltimore, MD, until 1975.
• Gifted to Star Spangled Banner Flag House & Museum, Baltimore, MD until deaccession, 1996.
• Acquired by private treaty by the Zaricor Flag Collection, 1996. From the Zaricor Flag Collection.
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Auction Info
2023 November 13 - 14 Americana & Political Signature Auction Signature® Auction #6276 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2023
13th-14th
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