AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING WHITE ENSIGN, BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST ALLIED FLAG RAISED ON 'SWORD' BEACH DURING THE ALLIED D-DAY LANDINGS IN NORMANDY, 1944
constructed in printed cotton bunting attached to canvas sleeve stamped with maker's marks, production date for '1942', and annotated in pen Treated with Texaproof 23.6.48; and Normandy Landings to verso (old wear consisting of fraying along the trailing edge, two probable bullet holes and smoke staining) -- 26 x 53in. (66 x 135cm.); together with a 7 x 7in. brass plaque stating This Ensign was Hoisted at 0800 (H+30) on 'D' Day, June 6th 1944, Sword Area, Queen Red Beach, Lion-Sur-Mer, at the Outset of the Campaign in Normandy
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Provenance: Recovered from beachhead and taken to H.M.S. Mercury (a Portsmouth shore establishment); deposited with Royal Navy Trophy Store, item number P5962; Tom Ferrers Walker, Collector, via Trophy Store sale 1970's; loaned to Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth, 1983; dispersed 2010 to present owner.
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Condition Report
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