Color Sgt. Chevron

[Arthur Stone]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Gents, I'm allmost done with one set of flags. When I complete it I will post a pix. Also, in Echoes of Glory there are twelve images of Color Gaurds. Two of them are wearing crossed flags above there chevrons. Persentage wise i think they were more common then most people think.
Art

[Bummer]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

For what it's worth I once owned a pair; silk stripes with the little crossed flags. They belonged to the color sergt. of the 14th Conn. Also there is a letter with them wherein he tells of receiving them--he mentions the 'little crossed flags' in the letter and says they look pretty bright or something to that effect, and says "if they are for the color sergt. then I will go ahead and put them on". The letter makes one think that they were a store-bought thing that friends or relatives sent.
The pair and the letter currently reside in the SUV museum in Rockville Conn.
I also still have a single. Differently made, not quite as fancy, but the same design.

[Arthur Stone]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Gents, This is what I have come up with. I still have to make one more but the next should be a little easyer, I hope! I would love to see a image of the real thing though. So do they look authentic? They should fit nicely between the Chevron's
Thanks
Art

[BobSullivanPress]

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Those guys with the stars above the chevrons. How well did this sit with Ordnance sergeants (who wore the stars as part of their rank)? I know Ordnance was crimson, and the stars were outline rather than filled, but hey, stars are stars.

[pvtbordonaro]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Art,
The color sergeant's crossed-flag insignia looks outstanding! As far as the size goes, if they fit in between the sergeant chevrons they should be the correct size, at least going by the photo of the insignias in "Echoes of Glory". Why don't you post a picture of them once you have them sewn on your dress coat?
-Joe Bordonaro

[Arthur Stone]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Joe, Thank you for the compliment! I think they really dress up the frock coat. So here they are again. I think I got it right.
Art

[Arthur Stone]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Gents,
Thought I'd post a pix of another set of Color SGT. Chevrons that I found. Hope you like them.
Art

[Fenianboy]

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Art, Will you be making these as well? Bud Scully 13th NJ and 69th NY:)

[Arthur Stone]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Bud, There in the works right now!
Art

[Last Southron]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

I realize this discussion was in 2007 but Don Troiani has the flag chevrons in two of his paintings!

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Color Sgt. Chevron

Hallo!

The value there would be whether or not Troiani painted them based upon documented originals in his or another collection versus using artistic license and imagination to make up a better story.

Sometimes art imitates life. Sometimes not.

Curt
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