Lot 164
Confederate 1st National Bible Flag, c. 1861. 4½ x 8½". Blue canton with eleven hand-embroidered stars representing the eleven official Confederate states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The bars are red-white-red. Minor blemishes and fraying at right edge of white bar, but overall very good. Framed to 10½ x 13½"
Bible flags are small flags made by a loved one for a soldier when he left for war or for a special occasion. The flag was typically made of dress silk or ribbon and was kept in a Bible to serve as a bookmark.
From April 2011 to May 2012, this flag was on exhibit at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
Ex Claude Harkins Collection.
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