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Lot 515
[FLAGS]. Civil War-era 11-star Southern Sanctuary American flag. Ca 1860s.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$12,000 -
16,000
Lot Description
[FLAGS]. Civil War-era 11-star Southern Sanctuary American flag. Ca 1860s.
26 x 35 in. flag comprised of 11 cotton stars arranged in 'akimbo' 4-3-4 rows and hand-sewn to a wool bunting canton, hand-sewn wool bunting stripes, the canton resting on a red stripe, the cotton pocket header retains rope, mounted in a plexiglass frame.
Provenance: The collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
Note
The consignor knows of no other 11-Star 13-Stripe flag.