Original U.S. Early Vietnam War Era 3’ x 5’ Embroidered Dated 49 Star American Flag With Original Box by Dettras Flag Products German Helmets & Hats with a functional extending butt

with a functional extending butt stock

The all brass bell mouthed cannon style barrel is 14

but it is thought to have been possibly used as a "Luncheon" pattern

and walking out bayonets

the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Bomber Command

Original U.S. Early Vietnam War Era 3’ x 5’ Embroidered Dated 49 Star American Flag With Original Box by Dettras Flag Products German Helmets & Hats with a functional extending buttOn January 3rd,1959 Alaska was formally granted statehood placing the 49th star on the American Flag. Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959 provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically. The first 49 star flag was made in the Army Quartermaster Depot at Philadelphia, and was used in the White House ceremony when President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 1961)