Beautiful cross in service banner! Oops purchase! 🤷

[Love of flags]

Since I'm unable to attend SOS again this year. This will have to do.

My most recent pick up. Love the pattern of the stars. Like the unique rings on this one. 

Might have won this one by complete accident. Thankful for an understanding wife.

 

 

[jmd62]

Excellent addition, congrats! I'm with you, I have an understanding wife myself. :)

[stratasfan]

That is a really cool find! congrats! Do you think that would have been a service flag for a Church? I know that my GGGUncle's Church was very proud of all the Sunday School members who had ended up joining the Armed Forces for WWII and the Church kept in touch with every single one and sent them all things and organised the congregation (adults and children) to write to each young man, etc. 

 

Thanks for sharing!

[dhcoleterracina]

Great flag, well done. I've never seen one in the shape of a cross before and the thought that this was a congregation flag seems right on. 

[Love of flags]

I would think it would be a good chance that it could be related to a church. Why else would you put it as a cross unless it was possibly as a prayerful blessing/covering/luck reason? 

 

One of my other cross banners. 

[Scott C.]

Both are amazing examples, thanks for sharing them. 

[stratasfan]

That second one is fabulous, too! Wow! And the single gold star . . . very moving.

[Mr.Jerry]

I have seen one as well (that I was not able to photo for my book), that the stars depicted a large fouled anchor, as part of the "faith, hope and charity" mantra. I had also won one years ago on ebay that was a blue & white with a Byzantine cross done in blue stars. But they "couldn't find it" so I never got it... Several churches I know still have the banners they flew. A few of them presented the stars back to the soldiers when they came home.  Nice piece- sorry you couldn't make the show!

[Love of flags]

My only anchor version in my collection. That stinks to have purchased something and been excited to get it and not ever receive the item. 

Yes life once again got in the way of me attending. Hoping for better luck for next year's show. Hoping to attend a 600 table show 3 hours from me this weekend in Oklahoma.