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- Sale 1250
Live
| Cincinnati
Nov 30 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1250
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$500 – $1,000
On 23 June 1945, a US military convoy entered Berlin to take control of the American sector of the city. In honor of the occasion, flags hand made in the nearby town of Halle were specially ordered for convoy vehicles. Colonel John J. McGinnis, a field officer with the Army’s military government operations, saved one of the flags as a souvenir of the historic event. He later bequeathed his flag to the National Museum of American History where it became part of the Smithsonian Institution exhibit July 1942: United We Stand, The Flag In World War II.
This is another example of the original convoy flags that were among the first to enter Berlin following the end of the Second World War.
This flag has been exhibited at several museums and is documented in the book The Stars and Stripes: Fabric of the American Spirit, Richard Pierce, LLC, 2005 (page 74).
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Katie Horstman
VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography
Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.
![[FLAGS - WORLD WAR II]. 48-Star American parade flag from the US Military convoy that entered Berlin at the end of World War II. 1945.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/416ad0c4-b941-4d64-a66d-be5f23da95bb?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[FLAGS - WORLD WAR II]. 48-Star American parade flag from the US Military convoy that entered Berlin at the end of World War II. 1945.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/559e307d-e756-4071-b356-25b71bc095fa?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)