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INTERNATIONAL TREASURES
Flags of the United Kingdom
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ZFC3400Â United Kingdom, exceptionally rare Union Jack flown on HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A rare and finely preserved Union Jack flag which was flown from the jack staff of HMS Spartiate at the battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October, 1805. It is the last documented flag to survive from that iconic battle. Read more
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ZFC0230Â United Kingdom Red Ensign - RMS Queen Elizabeth, WWII. This red ensign was flown on the famous and gigantic passenger liner the Queen Elizabeth, which was requisitioned during WWII for use in the war effort. Read more
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ZFC1165 United Kingdom Blue Ensign, Government Vessels, 1940s. The ships of the Royal Navy traditionally were divided into three squadrons designated, red, white, and blue – the colors of the Union Jack. By 1864 naval tactics had eliminated the squadrons, so their flags were given new uses. The blue ensign was used for government vessels. Read more
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ZFC0228Â United Kingdom navy ensign leading the famous British D-Day assault on Normandy. This battle ensign was on the leading Royal Navy ship of the invasion that assaulted the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944. Commander Anthony Kimmins secured the flag for Calvin Bullock for his return visit to New York. Read more
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ZFC3287Â United Kingdom Royal Air Force Ensign, WWII. Glider Pilot Regiment. From the Jim Mountain grouping related to the RAF Glider Pilot Regiment. An embroidered Glider Pilots Wings and silk Air Force Maps of Belgium, France and Germany. Read more
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ZFC0451 United Kingdom 5th Royal Veteran Battalion Color, 1802-1821. This post 1801 British Infantry Color can be distinguished from its predecessors by the diagonal, so-called St. Patrick’s red counter-changed cross in the canton. Used between 1802 and 1819, carried by the 5th Royal Veteran Battalion. Read more
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ZFC1162Â United Kingdom Square Variant National Flag.
This square “Union Jack†is something of a mystery. The Union Flag of the U.K. is generally seen as a rectangle usually in 1:2 for government flags or 3:5 proportions when used as a national flag. The army uses an almost square version as a “Queen’s Colorâ€
to accompany the regimental color. Read more
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ZFC1166 United Kingdom Coronation Flag, George V and Queen Mary, 22 June 1911. The text on fly of this souvenir flag reads: “British Made†circa 1930s. Read more
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ZFC3360Â United Kingdom Union Flag. Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Jellicoe, HMS Iron Duke, 1919. This flag was made by Kirk, Hall & Co. of Leeds, marked and dated 1918 and later used aboard the HMS Iron Duke. It was acquired from the estate of Ambassador Julius Waring Walker, Jr. Read more
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ZFC3212Â United Kingdom Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) Ensign WWII, 1939-1945. The RASC was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air dispatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture and stationery. Read more
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ZFC0502 U.K. Royal Navy White Ensign of the battleship HMS Malaya. HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship that fought at the battle of Jutland during World War I and went on, after modernization, to play a key role in the British Admiralty’s Mediterranean campaigns. Read more
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ZFC0229Â Ensign of HMS Penelope, flown during the Siege of Malta during WWII. One of the jewels in the Bullock Collection is this White Ensign battle flag from the Siege of Malta in 1942 against German and Italian air and naval forces. Read more
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ZFC1073Â Rear-Admiral Sir Harold Burrough Personal Ship Flag, Eastern Task Force Operation Torch, 1942. This flag was displayed on the destroyer HMS Ashanti, represented the rank of Sir Harold as a rear admiral. It is based on the ancient flag of England, a red cross on a white field. A full admiral flies that design, while a rear admiral adds two red balls to mark his rank. Read more
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ZFC1271Â United Kingdom 6th Airborne Division, (Pegasus) Head- quarters Guidon, WWII, 1945. This Pennant came directly from the Estate of U.S. Army General Matthew B. Ridgway. The insignia of the British 6th Airborne Division features the winged horse Pegasus beneath Bellerophon, slayer of monsters and, according
to Greek myth, the first airborne warrior. Read more
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ZFC3058Â United Kingdom, Parachute Regiment, Camp Flag, Falklands War, 1982. This is a Parachute Regiment Camp Flag from the war in Falkland (Malvinas) Islands between the UK and Argentina in 1982. Read more
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