Pennant

Name/Title

Pennant

Entry/Object ID

2022.1000.1

Description

Purple and yellow traingular felt pennant. At the widest end of the pennant, the top end, is two ties on one side and one tie on the other. is a sewn on leather emblem. the emblem appears to be cut from a leather bound photo album cover. The emblem is in the shape of a wheel with a star overlaid over it with a ship in the center of the star. Below that is "USS Texas" hand written on the emblem. "USS" spelled out in cut out yellow felt letters horizontally across it; "TEXAS" is spelled out in cuot out yellow felt letters vertically under the "USS".

Context

Hand-made pennant made using elements on photo album covers. Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.

Collection

Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pennant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Flag

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Organizational Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects