Item Description
Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. In the United States Military, a guidon is a military standard that company/battery/troop or platoon-sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch/corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but more often has a triangular portion removed from the fly (known as "swallow-tailed").
This is a great WWII guidon, measuring 21 x 29”, with a Philadelphia Quartermaster tag in the header, for Battery A of the 102nd Field Artillery Battalion. The regiment received campaign credits during World War II for Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. The guidon is made of red wool, with large yellow 102 at the top, over the artillery "Crossed Cannons", with "A" below, for Battery A of the Battalion. The guidon is double sided, though the reverse is a mirror image.
The guidon has a field repair near one of the swallowtails with some tearing along the edges. These are extremely difficult to find, especially for combat units. A wonderful piece of U.S. WWII Artillery memorabilia, ready to display!
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