48 Star flag

diesel3

November 21, 2003 06:09

My mother cleaned out my grandmothers attic and found a 48 star flag that was from her first husbands funeral(WW2 vet. The local Boy Scouts were having a flag retirement(burning) ceremony and I brought the flag to retire and the scout master talked me into letting him use it instead of burning it. Did the flag have any monetary value or was the scoutmaster serious about using it as a teaching aid?
Just curious.

Thanks
Diesel3

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  Der Gebirgsjager

  November 21, 2003 06:16

  Could have been both; but let's give him the benefit of the doubt. You don't see the 48 Star flag every day anymore; but they're not really rare either.

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  captkirk3@dslextreme.com

  November 21, 2003 06:38

  Hear, Hear.....Well Said......
  
  Captain Kirk, Tech Staff

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  bobski

  November 21, 2003 13:42

  48 star flags go for anywhere from 5 to 50.00 depending on the condition. problem is...they arent as rare as people make them out to be. the ones that bring high dollars are the perfect condition flags that have hand sewn stars on silk, (not machined darned on cotton) the huge ones used for flag poles are the ones that are selling on ebay,(4x8,6x12,20x40,50x100,etc...,) not the home flags used by all of us and for burials,(i/e: hand helds, 2x5, 3x7.) the big ones are going for 50.00 to 75.00. condition sells. worn and faded dont move....unless it has history tied to it. remember, holiday flags will always command a premium over foul weather flags. hope i helped.
  
  former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.

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