Help Needed -- Flag Identification

[Peter Ansoff]

User "CHANCEOU812" sent this message to me privately because he was having trouble posting it in the form. Please respond to him in the forum:

i have a old flag given to me i would like to find out about it
on the front of the box it says your flag!,live with the symbol of liberty
on the side it says national distributors
GENERAL FLAG COMPANY 230 FIFTH AVENUE new york city,
its a american flag and eagle set#507 it says the copyright in 1943
by the flag in every home committee i could not post a thread to
find out can you help thanks jon

[LASQUILT]

Hello - We have one of the same! Have you found anything out about it? Thanks! Lauri

[NAVA1974]

i have a old flag given to me i would like to find out about it on the front of the box it says your flag!,live with the symbol of liberty on the side it says national distributors GENERAL FLAG COMPANY 230 FIFTH AVENUE new york city, its a american flag and eagle set#507 it says the copyright in 1943 by the flag in every home committee i could not post a thread to find out can you help thanks jon

Hello Jon,
I find your question curious because the artifact itself gives you much more information than comes with 99% of antique American flags!

Age: Made in 1943 or shortly thereafter
Manufacturer: General Flag Company
Sponsor: The Flag in Every Home Committee

Clearly this is a WWII effort by a group to foster patriotism by making affordable flag kits so that "Every Home" in America can display the stars and stripes. There were no poles in these kits because the flag was supposed to hang from the eagle, which was affixed to the wall.

I guess the one thing that is unknown is the value. On eBay these sets sell in the $10 to $20 range as the 48-star flag is quite common and the eagle, usually plastic, is not a big selling point. There don't seem to be enough collectors of "WW II Home Front Propaganda" collectibles to push the price up any higher.

Nick

[LASQUILT]

Thank you this is great information, just what we were looking for! God Bless! Lauri