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Union Flag
A British Union Flag (post-1801 pattern) used by the Naval Brigades in the Crimea. The catalogue of the Royal Naval Exhibition 1891 describes it as: 'A splintered flag staff and a riddled Union Jack, repeatedly shot down by the Russian gunners and as repeatedly re-hoisted by the late Captain Sir William Peel'. The flag is made of wool bunting, hand-sewn with cord edging; a rope is attached.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA0729 |
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| Collection: | Flags |
| Type: | National flag |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | United Kingdom |
| Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856 |
| Date made: | circa 1855; circa 1857 |
| People: | Peel, George; Peel, William Naval Brigade |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Measurements: | Flag: 1371.6 x 2565.4 |