45 Star US FLAG VERY RARE 1890s 12'x18' Spanish American War BATTLE FLAG

Description: 12X18 - 45 star US Flag VERY RARE Antique 1890s Oversized 12'x18' Spanish American War Naval Flag Relic UNIQUE - IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND This Unique Flag Is An Incredible Piece Of Early US Naval and War History That Will Embellish Any Collection. This Flag Is Also A Beautiful Decoration That Will Give Character To Any Room! One similar 45 star US Naval Flag matching this recently sold at auction for $5,575. NO RESERVE. 2 DAY SHIPPING FOR ANY BUYER IN US. CONDITION: The rips and tears are typical of the damage inflicted on a ships flag due to weather and/or battle conditions and is sold "as is" as such. Multiple reapair and fabric/hand stitching have been added during the same period and show same color fades with age and sea and element exposure. The rope is correct period and remains with the same metal loops when tying and raising the flags on the ships mast. US FLAG SIZES: This Flag measure at a large 12 feet tall by 18 feet wide and became the Official United States Flag on July 4th, 1896. A star was added for the admission of Utah on January 4th, 1896, and was to last for 12 years. The Presidents to serve under this flag were Grover Cleveland (1893-1897),William McKinley (1897-1901),and Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). Product Description: Massive 45-Star US cotton heavy-duty hand stitched flag, measuring an extremely large 12'x 18' or 12 feet x 18 feet in overall size. This flag was recently purchased and removed from a residence in New York. This amazing 45-Star US Naval flag has the heavy duty weathered stitching, multi layered side panel, and a very sturdy rope ties to hold the flag in mast. This flag is very in size as it needed be easily visible on the top of the battle ships. It is similar in size to similar WWI and WWII battle ship Naval Flag I have owned personally and sold to private collectors and directly to museums in North America. It is not uncommon for USS battleship flags to be unmarked. Unfortunately, unless written by the soldiers or Naval dock crew many did not maintain the name once taken down from the battle ship thus this is not unusual for a 45 stat naval flag of this size to be unmarked. There are many accounts of battleships decommissioned and deaccessed flags that were sometimes removed in order to maintain secrecy. This flag was a great discovery and I would rank it up there with some of our greatest we've uncovered to date. It holds such a major symbol of our nation, potentially flown during major naval battles and rising above all others as the symbol of freedom that so many have laid down their lives defending it. In the listing you will see reference photos of Spanish American War time photos including the same type of 45 star flag in similar size to the one listing in auction.

Price: 5000 USD

Location: Woodstock, Georgia

End Time: 2024-08-28T04:29:51.000Z

Shipping Cost: 50 USD