Obverse
Obverse

Obverse

ZFC1080

National Flag of France - Eiffel Tower.

Sub-collection: Bullock // WWII Naval Battle Flag

National Flag of France formerly flown over the Eiffel Tower.
This woolen French flag was formerly part of the collection of Wall Street financier, business man and promoter of Anglo-American goodwill; Calvin Bullock. His 1 Wall Street offices in New York City contained a world leading collection of memorabilia pertaining to Napoleon & Lord Nelson. In the 1930's he sought to collect Confederate Flags and during World War II he acquired an important collection of US, British, French and other allied ensigns from his many international and important military and naval acquaintances. After his death in 1944 his son, Mr. Hugh Bullock, kept the flags on display as a memorial to his late father.

According to its documentation, this flag flew on the Eiffel tower and was a gift to Calvin Bullock from his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Bullock. Born Marie Leóntine Graves from American parents in Paris, she married Calvin Bullock's son Hugh in 1933 after completing her education at the Sorbonne.

How or when this flag flew on the Eiffel Tower is unknown. Since Calvin Bulloch died in June of 1944, it is unlikely that this flag was acquired during the Liberation of Paris in August of 1944 and subsequently presented to him. It is more likely that it was acquired on a trip to Paris by Marie Bullock, before WWII, and was kept as a memento for her father-in-law, a well known Francophile.

Provenance: Acquired by private sale from Bullock descendants

ZFC Significant Flag
Item is Framed

Sources:



Marie Bullock, Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 10 October 2011, from: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1938

Eaton, Leslie, November 08, 1996 ,Hugh Bullock, Pioneer in Managing Mutual Funds, Dies at 98, The New York Times, from:
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/08/nyregion/hugh-bullock-pioneer-in-managing-mutual-funds-dies-at-98.html

Kimmins, Anthony, Half-Time, William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1948.

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection



Hoist & Fly

Width of Hoist 114.5
Length of Fly 68.5

Stripes

Width of 1st Stripe 32
Width of Last Stripe 41
Size of Hoist 1.5

Frame

Is it framed? yes
Frame Height 72
Frame Length 119

Stars

How are the stars embeded? Sewn
Are there stars on obverse? no
Are there stars on reverse? no

Stripes

Number of Stripes 3
Color of Top Stripe Blue
Color of Bottom Stripe Red
Has a Blood Stripe? no
Comments on Stripes Blue is dark

Nationality

Nation Represented France

Fabric

Fabric Wool
Comments on Fabric Bunting

Stitching

Stitching Machine

Thread

Type of Thread Needs Analysis
Thread Material Cotton

Weave

Type of Weave Plain

Attachment

Comments on Method of Attachmen Rope cord through hoist.
Method of Attachment Roped-header

Applica

Applique Sides Single Faced = Mirror Image Reverse

Documentation

Documents
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Drawings
All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.

Condition

Condition Good
Damage the flag is soiled and contains a 2 foot rip.
Displayable yes

Date

Date 1940s