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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 4, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Framed Ste. Mere Eglise Silk American Flag

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$1,476$1,200
Auction: Sale #3305M - 3305MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 04, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Framed Ste. Mere Eglise Silk American Flag, c. 1944, faded red silk strips hand-sewn to the white with hand-applied stars on the canton, with a paper label in the frame: "STE Marie EglisE Normandy-June- 1944.," frame ht. 8 3/4, wd. 11 3/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Dean Johnson, Keedysville, Maryland.

Note: Flag is described in Steve Slack's article "Saving the Stars and Stripes" in Country Home Magazine, (April, 2002),p. 20.
Estimate $300-500

Faded with some staining.


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Keywords

Dean Johnson, Steve Slack, Keedysville