Pennant
- Object Name:
- Pennant
- Object ID:
- 2008.008.02
- Date:
- 1917-1919
- Description:
- Pennant, wool felt. Purple felt letters, "U.S.S. Agamemnon", stitched to triangular piece of red felt. Printed American flag with 45 stars stitched on left. Flag staff represented by piece of cream wool felt, with two twisted yellow cords. Purple felt border at left edge, with two pairs of purple felt ties.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- H-10.5 W-31 inches
- Provenance:
- Pennant owned by Roland H. Baker (1897-1995) of Elkins, NH, who served as a U.S. Navy pilot in World War I and World War II. Souvenir of World War I U.S. Navy troop transport ship U.S.S. Agamemnon. The ship was built in Germany and launched in 1903 as the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was seized by the United States in 1917 and renamed Agamemnon. It served as a troop ship until the end of the war, when it was decommissioned.
- People:
- Baker, Roland H. (1897-1995)
- Subjects:
- Ships, World War I
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