National Colors of General Kreber, 37th Infantry Division   Save
Ohio Battle Flag Audiovisual Collection
Description: National Colors of General Leo Kreber, 37th Infantry Division. Rectangular flag measures 90 cm high by 126 cm wide. National colors of Brigadier General Leo M. Kreber, Commanding General of 37th Infantry Division's Artillery. The national flag of the United States consists of 48 white appliqued stars arranged in six rows of eight on a blue canton measuring 50 cm high by 61 cm wide. There are thirteen stripes, seven red and six white, 8 cm high. A gold, plied, cut-end fringe, 6 cm long surrounds the flag. The shape is rectangular. hio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02296
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945 - Ohio
Places: Ohio