I found this amazing 13 star service banner today at a local thrift store today and I had to share. This is a WW2 era rayon banner with 13 stars in a really interesting form. The banner is stamped at the top ' "I Am An American" Victory Service Flag'. This is one of the few service flags that I have ever come across that is marked like this, hopefully I can track down a manufacturer. The single sided flag measures 44"x 52" . The stars appear to have been applied with an iron on process or an adhesive of some type, unfortunately one of them has been lost.
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New service banner, probably my greatest thrift shop find
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, Mar 17 2017 11:41 AM
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Posted 17 March 2017 - 11:42 AM
The mark at the top of the flag
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Posted 17 March 2017 - 11:43 AM
The missing star.
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Posted 17 March 2017 - 12:40 PM
That's sweet
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Posted 17 March 2017 - 01:41 PM
Awesome! I do have a very similar one that I have sourced form my book from a larger collection- But it is made of wool bunting and doesn't have the the wording on it.
I would be doing cartwheels in the street if I found that at a thrift store!
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Posted 17 March 2017 - 01:49 PM
Paid a whopping $10 for it, I am estatic.Awesome! I do have a very similar one that I have sourced form my book from a larger collection- But it is made of wool bunting and doesn't have the the wording on it.
I would be doing cartwheels in the street if I found that at a thrift store!
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Posted 17 March 2017 - 02:06 PM
Sweeeeet!
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Posted 20 March 2017 - 02:19 PM
Nice V for Victory... Great find!
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Posted 29 March 2017 - 09:25 PM
Great find!
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