Flag: Canadian Red Ensign
Date: 6 September 1950
Size: 49.5"x 69" (1.3m x 1.8m)
Materials: Wool field with cotton appliqued both sides blue and white of Union Jack. Shield is printed cotton and appliqued on both sides.
Header: Cotton with brass grommets.
Stitching: Machine.
Condition: Good. Has a few holes.
Markings: None.
Notes: Comes with cardboard box covered with oiled paper marked "05 3673 31 156 2 ea. Flag Boat 4x6 Canada Ensign Mted Overseas 9/6/50"
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Flag: Canadian Blue Ensign
Date: 1950s
Size: 6' x 12' (1.8m x 3.7m)
Materials: Wool field with wool appliqued both sides red and white of Union Jack. Shield is printed wool and appliqued on both sides.
Header: Canvas with rope sewn in. Rope has been cut off just below and above header.
Stitching: Machine.
Condition: Excellent.
Markings: Canada Size #3 Stock #5F32/5-30.
Notes: Probably Canadian or UK manufacture. Sold to Dick Gideon, December 1999.
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Flag: USSR Ensign
Date: 1988
Size: 49.5" x 102.5" (1.3m x 2.6m)
Materials: Wool field with Hammer, Sickle and Star border printed on obverse only in heavy yellow paint.
Header: Cotton with rope sewn in.
Stitching: Machine.
Condition: Good. Has some very small moth holes.
Markings: (In Russian Cyrillic) "Flag USSR" and "Gost 8498-81 1988"
Notes: This ensign was traded for a 5'x 9.5' (1.5m x 2.9m) US Ensign in 1989 with a crew member of the Fishing Vessel "Riga." The crew had had no liberty for two years and had no money for souveniers.
Images:
(obverse)
(reverse)
Flag: Italian
Date: c.1919
Size: 7"x 11" (17.8cm x 27.9cm)
Materials: Printed cotton sheeting.
Header: None.
Stitching: Machine hemmed.
Condition: Good. Green has faded almost to blue.
Markings: None.
Notes: Mounted on 24" (61cm) wooden pole with gilt spearhead
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Foreign Flags
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