FABULOUS EARLY CONFEDERATE 1ST NATIONAL BATTLE FLAG.

This Confederate 1st National has great aesthetics, wonderful motto and early design. Some of the first Confederate flags made exhibited 13 stars, especially those documented made in April just after the firing on Ft. Sumter. With patriotic fervor throughout the South, all 13 slave states were thought to secede, but of course Union forces occupied the border states and the Confederacy was never able to count Kentucky and Missouri as bona fide states even though both produced large numbers of Confederate troops and both had secession congresses. Confederate National flags generally produced after May of 1861 are 11-star. The use of canton on only top stripe is also a rare feature with only about a dozen known flags of this pattern and all early 1861. This flag is entirely hand sewn utilizing best materials available. The cotton stripes and canton are typical dress material and the silk decorated trim the same. The polished cotton double applique stars have finely sewn edges that are folded under, making some of the most unusual, highly tapered “folksy”, sharp pointed stars ever seen on a Civil War flag being reminiscent of certain Revolutionary War American flags. The accompanying report lists all other known examples and this particular flag is no doubt the most elaborate and visually appealing of them all. PROVENANCE: Donald Tharpe Collection, Joseph Murphy Collection. CONDITION: Flag measures 34-1/2″ on hoist and 53″ on fly. Frame measures 63″ x 42-1/2″. Flag is very good overall with minor staining and tears in two of the four hand-whipped eyelets on hoist. Silk fringe trim is missing on top edge that is found on fly and bottom edge, otherwise complete. Colors are mostly quite vivid and the sky blue color in canton is typical blue found in polished cotton dress lining material of the era. Flag has large file of documents concerning authentication and construction, along with records of a Michigan soldier who was thought to have captured this but we can find no direct connection in our research and the other effects once with this wonderful flag are not here now. 8-76404 JS (40,000-60,000) – Lot 1403

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Auction: Firearms - March 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1403	$71,875.00	FABULOUS EARLY CONFEDERATE 1ST NATIONAL BATTLE FLAG. This Confederate 1st National has great aesthetics, wonderful motto and early design. Some of the first Confederate flags made exhibited 13 stars, especially those documented made in April just after the firing on Ft. Sumter. With patriotic fervor throughout the South, all 13 slave states were thought to secede, but of course Union forces occupied the border states and the Confederacy was never able to count Kentucky and Missouri as bona fide states even though both produced large numbers of Confederate troops and both had secession congresses. Confederate National flags generally produced after May of 1861 are 11-star. The use of canton on only top stripe is also a rare feature with only about a dozen known flags of this pattern and all early 1861. This flag is entirely hand sewn utilizing best materials available. The cotton stripes and canton are typical dress material and the silk decorated trim the same. The polished cotton double applique stars have finely sewn edges that are folded under, making some of the most unusual, highly tapered “folksy”, sharp pointed stars ever seen on a Civil War flag being reminiscent of certain Revolutionary War American flags. The accompanying report lists all other known examples and this particular flag is no doubt the most elaborate and visually appealing of them all. PROVENANCE: Donald Tharpe Collection, Joseph Murphy Collection. CONDITION: Flag measures 34-1/2″ on hoist and 53″ on fly. Frame measures 63″ x 42-1/2″. Flag is very good overall with minor staining and tears in two of the four hand-whipped eyelets on hoist. Silk fringe trim is missing on top edge that is found on fly and bottom edge, otherwise complete. Colors are mostly quite vivid and the sky blue color in canton is typical blue found in polished cotton dress lining material of the era. Flag has large file of documents concerning authentication and construction, along with records of a Michigan soldier who was thought to have captured this but we can find no direct connection in our research and the other effects once with this wonderful flag are not here now. 8-76404 JS (40,000-60,000) – Lot 1403 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - March 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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FABULOUS EARLY CONFEDERATE 1ST NATIONAL BATTLE FLAG.