US serving our counrty window flag

[NickD]

hiya guys got this winging its way to me from the great US of A, for those of you that may not know what it is it's a window flag displayed by family's in there windows to show they have sons serving in the war each star represents each son serving so in this case 2. a very poignant piece i hope you agree as well as a very nice & complete piece hope you guys like it i'll get better pic's when i get my hands on it

[guscanoesp]

Nick,

You got a nice piece of WWII memorabilia there. A beautiful piece with a lot of meaning to it, and it seems to be in a wonderful condition. Nice purchase.



Regards,

Gus

[NickD]

thanks Gus

the guy i bought it off said that these are not normally found in such complete & good condition obviously looked after very well buy the previous owner / family parts are always normally missing & all for only £20

[85ronnies]

I like that Nick, how did you come to get it ? nice bit of history thanx for showing,
cheer's Ronnie

[Ty Revelo]

Nice piece. I would love to own one.

rgds, Ty

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Nick, very nice item. I think these are great patriotic items and are typically American. I think this was a great practise and I think it continues to the present day. Yours is a good period item.

I am not sure when this practise started? Perhaps one of our US members will be able to tell us more? I am certain it was used in WW1.

Cheers, Ade.

[NickD]

thanks guys this came up on ebay as a buy it now offer so i couldn't resit as its a piece ive been after for a while now & to be in such good condition as well who says ebay sells nothing but rubbish

doing a search ive come up with this site for more info http://cybersarges.tripod.com/bluestarflgs.html

[Alan M]

very nice for your display Nick

cheers Al

[NickD]

it certainly will be mate cant wait for it to turn up but will take a little while through the standard US postal service

[SteveR]

And if one was killed the star would be gold.
There is a civilian group of mothers called "Gold Star Mothers" that exists today.