[Robin Hickman]

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I found THIS one to be VERY interesting (and creative, in an "Allied" sort of way) !!!




I guess that it's rather "fortunate" (in a 20th Century way) that the BIG three allies had the same three main colors of Red, White, and Blue!



Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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[NAVA1974]

Originally Posted by Robin Hickman

. I guess that it's rather "fortunate" (in a 20th Century way) that the BIG three allies had the same three main colors of Red, White, and Blue! Robin Hickman .

Robin,
Glad you liked the photos. As you know, the fact that the US, UK, and France have the same colors isn't just a cooincidence. The US flag is a modification of the British Red Ensign - a red flag with the RWB Union Jack in the canton. The US merely added 6 white stripes to the field, and replaced the crosses with 13 white stars. And French, inspired by our successful revolution, took our colors to symbolize Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite (just imagine the little accent marks over the final "e" in each, if you will.

If you don't believe that story about the French colors, how about this one: The historic / heraldic colors of Paris are red and blue. Separate those wby the white flag of the French monarchy and you get The Tricolor!


By the way, you can see this flag, or maybe one just like it, in the Mastai's book on page 237. My example came from the Mastai estate auction.
Oops, I just noticed that my flag has blue hem stitching on the hoist while the one on P 237 has red stitching.
Nick

[polarman]

Wrong size to screen printed no phila quartermaster depot tag its a reproduction of the real flag. the real deal has fringe and is not screen pinted its hand made. i have a 49 star presidents standard from the oval office as well as other 48 star with gold and silver trim real gold and silver.
i hope the info help sorry it not real