Flag inquiries

[Flag Frank]

Found this, what appears to be old flag in an attic of a 140 year old house in Atlantic Canada. I'm wondering really what it is and if anyone could be able to tell me how old it is. The stiching could be by machine but I'm unsure, the end was also damaged and was stitched to improve the look. From what I could gather it's a Bonnie blue flag. Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks

 

[AndyHall]

The ring-and-toggle attachment suggest it's a maritime flag, intended to be flown on a ship. Maybe a company house flag (see examples above). What do you know about the history of previous occupants?

 

[James N.]

I have no particular opinion on the identity of your flag but will take the opportunity to mention that the insignia of the Union XX Corps (and before 1864 its former component the XII Corps) was a five-pointed star. The corps badges and insignia were in color to differentiate the divisions within the corps: Red for the first division, white for the second, and blue for the third. Flags for those divisions were white, except for the second divisions which were blue, making that at least a possibility. Here at a reenactment at Gettysburg is a flag representing the second division of the II Corps, blue with the white corps insignia in the center. In the case of the II Corps the insignia was a three-leaf clover or shamrock, chosen because of the presence of the famous Irish Brigade as one of the corps' units.

Edit: I think Andy's idea is by far the most likely!

 

[Flag Frank]

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The ring-and-toggle attachment suggest it's a maritime flag, intended to be flown on a ship. Maybe a company house flag (see examples above). What do you about the history of previous occupants?

Thank you, I thought it may have been a maritime flag but I couldn't find any charts with a similar flag. The history of the area is well known for a fishing history and I think I can put this mystery to a rest.

 

[AndyHall]

I'd look at the history of the area and the house's occupants to hopefully find a connection.

The large white star on a blue field is a very simple design, and consequently was used for numerous flags over the years that have no connection to one another. That design, with a gold star instead of white, was the banner of El Supremo's revolutionary movement in El Salvador in the first Hornblower novel.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Neat find !

Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

 

[zburkett]

That looks very much like the first flag of the Republic of Texas.

 

[Flag Guy]

Found this, what appears to be old flag in an attic of a 140 year old house in Atlantic Canada. I'm wondering really what it is and if anyone could be able to tell me how old it is. The stiching could be by machine but I'm unsure, the end was also damaged and was stitched to improve the look. From what I could gather it's a Bonnie blue flag. Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks

This is either a maritime company flags or a signal flag possibly from the Roger's Signal Flags of the 1850s. I would have to pull out my chart of those to be sure- but the wooden toggle and rope hoist through the sleeve on the hoist edge is usually for nautical flags for attachment to halliards.