US Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vehicle Flag

Vice Commandant Car Flag

This is the positional flag that marks a vehicle carrying the Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, the service's second-highest officer. It is genuine government-issue stock under NSN 8345-01-087-4597. A National Stock Number is the catalog code the US military uses to identify and supply an item. Coast Guard veterans, flag collectors and anyone building a display of service colors will find it the authentic article, carrying the issued pattern and catalog number.

Features

• Government-Issue NSN — Catalogued under 8345-01-087-4597, the federal supply class for flags and pennants.
• Vice Commandant Pattern — A white field is divided by two navy blue triangles running in from the hoist and fly edges, the layout used for this position.
• Three Appliqué Stars — A navy star sits on the white panel above the seal and a white star on each blue triangle, each cut from fabric and stitched to the field rather than printed.
• Coast Guard Seal Centerpiece — The circular seal shows crossed gold anchors, the striped shield, "United States Coast Guard", the 1790 founding date and the motto Semper Paratus, Latin for "Always Ready".
• Stitched Rope Border — A gold rope design is worked in thread around the seal's edge.
• Pieced Panel Construction — The blue and white sections are separate pieces of fabric joined with visible machine seams.
• Cotton And Nylon Fabric — The flag is made from a cotton and nylon construction with hemmed, stitched edges.
• Vehicle Staff Format — Sized and built as a vehicle flag, with a folded and stitched hoist edge for mounting on a staff.

Issue Specification

Positional flags like this one are flown to show which senior officer is present, so they are made in small numbers to an official pattern. This one keeps the issued details: sewn stars, a pieced field, the full Coast Guard seal and its NSN. For a collector, those details are the difference between issued colors and a souvenir.