Original U.S. Early Vietnam War Era 3’ x 5’ Embroidered Dated 49 Star American Flag With Original Box by Dettras Flag Products German Helmets & Hats org/arcangeli-joseph-a4028-456bg

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and walking out bayonets

The lighter comes complete with wick and internal wadding

with a functional extending butt stock

but it is thought to have been possibly used as a "Luncheon" pattern

Original U.S. Early Vietnam War Era 3’ x 5’ Embroidered Dated 49 Star American Flag With Original Box by Dettras Flag Products German Helmets & Hats org/arcangeli-joseph-a4028-456bgOn January 3rd,1959 Alaska was formally granted statehood placing the 49th star on the American Flag. Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959 provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically. The first 49 star flag was made in the Army Quartermaster Depot at Philadelphia, and was used in the White House ceremony when President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 1961)