Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Flag |
Catalog Number |
0985.03.00195 |
Description |
Pattern: Hamburg (Germany) principality flag; red wool field with white cotton appliqué central seal depicting a castle design with black ink. Stars: Two white cotton, 6-pointed. Border: 1 1/2 inches white cotton on hoist edge. Attachment: Eyelets. Unit Designation: None. Battle Honors: None. |
Material |
textile (wool, cotton) |
Dimensions |
H-36 W-51 inches |
Owned |
Charles Henry von Schwartz |
Made |
probably Hamburg, Germany |
Provenance |
Flag of the CS Blockade Runner helmed by Capt. Charles Henry von Schwartz. It is a Hamburg, Germany principality flag, used as a decoy flag on an unidentified blockade runner belonging to Captain von Schwartz, a German. Confederate flag "used on a Blockade Runner...is in reality a German flag but used to run the Blockade. When the Union ships would get too close to the Blockade Runner, Captain von Schwartz would haul down the Confederate flag and run up his German flag, thereby escaping capture." - accession ledger, 1952 |
People |
von Schwartz, Charles Henry |
Search Terms |
Germany Confederate States Navy (tentative) |
Subjects |
Blockade running Blockades Navies (tentative) |