Original U.S. WWII 688th Coastal Artillery Battery D Swallowtail Guidon Pennant - Philadelphia Quartermaster Marked Price_$220 - $990 The back has multiple pleats

The back has multiple pleats to it above the waistband

seen as a way of controlling the populace and instilling a feeling of unity

then moved to Egypt by sea via Brazil in October–November 1942

However in many cases the fighter escorts did not have the range to support the bombers all the way to their targets

and its field artillery was the first to be motorized

Original U.S. WWII 688th Coastal Artillery Battery D Swallowtail Guidon Pennant - Philadelphia Quartermaster Marked Price_$220 - $990 The back has multiple pleatsOriginal Item: Only One Available. In the United States Military, a guidon is a military standard that company battery troop or platoon sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but more often has a triangular portion removed from the fly (known as "swallow tailed"). This wonderful example was used by a U. S. Army artillery