BEAST Posted July 24, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 24, 2018 I picked this one up back in the 1980s from Hayes. I believe it is a WWI version, but I am not positive. There is a Philadelphia Quartermaster label, but I can't see a date. I would appreciate any thoughts or guidance on identifying the period. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted July 24, 2018 Close up of one of the numbers Another label close-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bill K Posted July 24, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 24, 2018 What are the dimensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted July 24, 2018 What are the dimensions? Approximately 18 x 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill K Posted July 24, 2018 Share #6 Posted July 24, 2018 WWI's / interwar are about 27" x 41". I believe the change in guidon size reflected the reduction in size of the units from Field Artillery Regiments down to Battalions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted July 24, 2018 WWI's / interwar are about 27" x 41". I believe the change in guidon size reflected the reduction in size of the units from Field Artillery Regiments down to Battalions. Bill, so this would be from WWII when it was reorganized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill K Posted July 24, 2018 Share #8 Posted July 24, 2018 Most likely. Sawicki has 1st Bn (of the 150th FA, the parent unit) reorganized and redesignated the 150th FA Bn and assigned to the 38th Division 1 March 1942. The QM tag looks WWII to me, but someone else may know more on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted July 24, 2018 Share #9 Posted July 24, 2018 I would say WWII, most of the later ones were dated. But as mentioned the WWI ones are much larger. Nice flag though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted July 24, 2018 Thanks guys! Well, I learned something new. I didnt know that the WWI guidons were that much larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted July 25, 2018 Share #11 Posted July 25, 2018 Excellent Indiana item! Thanks for posting it. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted July 26, 2018 Excellent Indiana item! Thanks for posting it. BKW Thanks Brian! I am a little disappointed that I was wrong for soooo many years about it being WWI, but now I can use it to help tell their story in the Pacific. BTW, I may be doing a display at Camp Atterbury in September. Coming down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvana Posted July 28, 2018 Share #13 Posted July 28, 2018 It's WW2 or early fifties without a doubt. Original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted November 30, 2021 So I found a photo of Battery B taken at Fort Knox in 1934. Is it the same flag? It doesn't look like a larger (27" x 41") guidon, but it may be perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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