Object Details
- Physical Description
- United States 48 star national flag owned by Lt. Herber Wallace Peters; consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton with forty-eight white, five-pointed stars arranged 6 horizontal rows of 8 stars.
- Summary
- Lt. Heber Wallace Peters was a member of the American Air Service in France during World War I. He received flying instruction in Tours and Chateauroux and completed this training in Issoudun, where he became a flight instructor himself. Attached to the 33rd Aero Squadron, he was stationed in Bordeaux for a short following the Armistice before returning to the United States.
- Credit Line
- Donated by Mrs. Joy Peters Haslem
- Inventory Number
- A19772772000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- AWARDS-Insignia
- Materials
- Overall: Silk
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 58.4 x 88.9cm (23 x 35 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19772772000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv934c7df66-6592-4dde-8f7f-95c5df1409c4
