ORIGINAL WW2 US NAVAL – U. AT SEA CHURCH SERVICE PENNANT FLAG! UNISSUED , WITH SOME DUST/ DIRT AT TOP LEFT QUADRANT, ABOVE CROSS, ON FLAG FROM POOR, LONG TERM GOVT STORAGE. 22 3/4 INCHES AT WIDEST POINT X 67 INCHES IN TOTAL LENGTH. MARKED ON BOTH SIDES AT TOP OF FLAG = QUARTERMASTERS CORP U. Original, rare collectible from WW2. Navy church pennant is a cream/white colored pennant with a rounded tip having a hoist to fly ratio of about 1:3. Near the hoist is a dark blue Latin cross oriented sideways, i. With the head at the hoist and the long lower member toward the fly. Flag Code provides that No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America, except during church services conducted by naval chaplains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy. The church pennant is displayed immediately above the ensign wherever the ensign is displayed–at the gaff when under way or at the flagstaff when not under way. It may also be flown from a fixed pole-mast during services ashore, but not superior to the national ensign. The item “WW2 USMC Naval Chaplains Flag At Sea Church Service Pennant Dated 1943-44 USN” is in sale since Wednesday, December 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Field Gear, Equipment”. The seller is “wwsurplus” and is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States