Post WWI Annin Defiance Maryland State Flag; 3x5 Sewn Cotton Bunting Late 1920s for Sale

Post WWI Annin Defiance Maryland State Flag; 3x5 Sewn Cotton Bunting Late 1920s For Sale

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Post WWI Annin Defiance Maryland State Flag; 3x5 Sewn Cotton Bunting Late 1920s:
$300.00

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Post WWI Annin Defiance Maryland State Flag; 3x5 Sewn Cotton Bunting Late 1920s.

For your consideration is this late 1920's Annin Defiance Maryland State Flag.

This flags measurements are 3ft x 5ft and is made of Cotton Bunting. The four corners of the flag are sewn, yet the overall design is printed.

The header is made of canvas with zinc grommets.

Description & History.

The Maryland State Flag is compromised of 2 designs. The Red-White design is the "Crossland Banner" & the Black-Yellow design know as Lord Baltimore's banner.

Red-White area or "Crossland Banner", used by pro-Confederate Marylanders during the U.S. Civil War.

Black-Yellow area is know as Lord Baltimore's banner, it was used by pro-Union Marylanders during the American Civil War.

The flag of the state of Maryland is the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore. It consists of the arms of his father George, 1st Baron those of his grandmother, heiress of the Crossland family. The flag was officially adopted by the General Assembly of Maryland (state legislature) in 1904.

The Maryland colony was founded by The 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), which was granted to him as the son and heir of The 1st Baron Baltimore by King Charles I, hence the use of his banner of arms as the flag. During the colonial period, only the gold (yellow) and black Calvert arms were associated with Maryland. The state stopped using the colors following American independence, but they were reintroduced in 1854.

The red and white cross bottony counterchanged had gained popularity during the American Civil War. Maryland had remained loyal to the U.S. despite a large proportion of the citizenry's support for the Confederacy, especially in the central city of Baltimore, the counties of the southern part of the state, and the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Those Marylanders who supported the Confederacy, many of whom fought in the Army of Northern Virginia of Robert E. Lee, adopted the Crossland banner (seen as "secession colors") and often used a metal bottony cross pinned to their gray uniforms or caps (kepis). The black and gold bend dexter counterchanged of the Barons Baltimore was used in the flags and devices and pinned on the uniforms of Union Army regiments in the Army of the Potomac.[4] After the war, Marylanders who had fought on either side of the conflict returned to their state in need of reconciliation.

The present design, which incorporates both of the coats of arms used by George Calvert, began to appear officially after the Civil War.[2] The flag in its present form was first flown in Baltimore, on October 11, 1880, at a parade marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of Baltimore (1729–1730). It was flown again on October 25, 1888, at the Gettysburg Battlefield during ceremonies dedicating monuments to the Maryland regiments of the Army of the Potomac by reorganized regiments of the former state militia, now the Maryland National Guard.

The flag was not officially adopted as the state flag until 1904. The present flag is symbolic of the reunion of all the citizens in the state and is represented through the colors of the flag.