Take a look at a pair of 100-110 year old flags. The top flag is a M-1902 Naval Presidential Flag and the bottom is a M-1916 No 1 Presidential flag. These flags are HUGE! Approximately 10' x 18'. Both were made at the NY Naval Yard and are very similar in style and construction. They are sewn together with 6 steps of wide blue wool bunting and have 7' eagles applied by single layer appliqué. They each have rope header with loops (M-1902) and ring & snaps (M-1916). For old flags they are in great condition. Vivid colors and very few holes.
Modern Navy ships fly much smaller POTUS and VPOTUS flags in size 6 or roughly 4'x6'. These magnificent flags would have flown on the largest ship of our fleet.
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