From: Ben K. Weed (B.K.Weed@Worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Jun 8 18:22:12 1998WELCOME TO THE WEED FLAG COLLECTION GUEST BOOK
Feel free to leave us your comments about "The
Colours" web site. Please let us know what you
think of the material provided, and what other
types of military flags you might be interested in,
as we are always glad to hear from others with
an interest in this subject.
Sincerely, Ben K. Weed
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PRO...GLORIA...ET...PATRIA
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if you have a question about military flags...
From: David R. Ayers (DavidAyers@neab.com)
Date: Sun Jun 14 11:10:44 1998rec.antiques post
Hi Ben,
As always your posts are most informative & interesting. Thanks for your input. I have finally set up my own domain & your site has inspired me to set up a sub site on the types of things that I think people will be interested in looking at & studying. It will be primarally American glass & furniture. Thanks for the insight.. David Ayers ( Oxshuneer ).
From: Leonard Oftedahl (oftedahl@digisys.net)
Date: Wed Jul 8 01:22:18 1998Flag question
Ben, do you have any information on the meaning of the gold fringe on some flags? I understand that the gold fringe denotes a Military Flag. If you know of an address I could write to or a reference to Military regs., please let me know.
Thank you, L. Oftedahl
From: Ben K. Weed (B.K.Weed@Worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jul 9 14:43:02 1998About the " Meaning of Gold Flag Fringe"?
Various sites on the web have tried to make
more out of this than is really the case. Fringe
is simply a textile embellishment to enhance the look of a flag when used close up to the viewer!
This is the case with flags that are trooped on a staff as apposed to being flown on a large pole. Likewise few early American flags,
had fringe as this was an expensive addition that had to be imported from Europe, namely England! As the combat use of trooped flags waned around the world their size was also reduced and thus the use of fringe was adopted to improve their appearance. BKW
From: Keith K (kkeating@genscan.com)
Date: Thu Jul 9 17:41:40 1998WWII Military Flag
I found your site very interesting. I have a question concerning a Japan Officer's Flag who possiblely resided in Taipi City, Taiwan during the occupation of the war. friends at work whom are chinese and of Taiwanese descent tell me that this was a very important flag from that time frame. The officer probably died with it on his body, out of loyallty to the Powers of Japan. The flag names six officers on it, mentions Taipi city and Power to Japan. Any way for me to research this flag? I do not have much backround with this sought of thing. Excuse me for the spelling.
Thanks
From: Ben K. Weed (B.K.Weed@Worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jul 9 18:28:36 1998About "WW2 Japanese Military Flags"
The examples shown on this site are mostly unit
flags, the type of flag that was "one of a kind",
of very high quality workmanship, and usually presented and/or consecrated by a high official of the subject nations government. However,
as pointed out, there are other types of military
flags of a more personal nature. These were
usually smaller examples of a national flag, that
were given to a soldier by a loved one or friends
which contained written dedication messages.
Such flags are not particularly valuable unless
signed by someone famous like Tojo. Likewise
as such flags were popular trophies many were
made by departing combat troops to sell to the
replacement occupation soldiers after the fact! BKW
From: Linda Cunningham (lindamc@visuallink.com)
Date: Thu Aug 13 11:16:17 1998Your page
I found this page while searching the topic USA Flags.. A different page then I expected to find, but interesting..
From: joe (Duke1045@aol.com)
Date: Fri Jan 29 22:57:41 1999military flag customs?
I was wondering if you you might know what items are in the truck of a flagpole on a military base?
From: Ben K. Weed (B.K.Weed@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Jan 30 05:14:21 1999Miltary Flag Customs (Answer)
Thanks for posting an interesting question about
military base flag pole tops or trucks. The story
about putting razor blades to cut the flag down, and
matches to burn it, and the like, into such flag tops
is really just a myth! When I actually looked at the
large brass ball flag top that was shot off during WW2
from the Top Side Parade Ground flag pole on Corregidor
Island in Manila Bay, the ball was empty. It only
contained several small rifle bullet holes, all too small
for a razor blade to fall out of, and yet when held up to
the light you could see all around the inside of it -
nothing was inside, sorry! BKW
From: Jeremy Diaz (debradiaz.uswest.com)
Date: Sun Mar 28 13:39:06 1999flags
I had a question. My grandfather capturd a WWII flag. It was a nazi flag. it is a red flag with a white circle in it. withen the white cicle there is the old nazi sign. I was wondering if the flag was worth anything or is important to any flag collector.
thank you very much.
From: Ben K. Weed (B.K.Weed@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Mar 30 16:13:33 1999Value of an old flag?
(Answer) The value of anything old depends greatly on the condition of the item, and for
old flags what size, material, how constructed and embellished the design is? The general rule is that the larger the flag is the less it is worth to a collector, and likewise the worse the condition the lower the value. For obtaining current market value services I refer you to my web site page located at --->
https://members.tripod.com/~oldflagswanted/usa-20.html
From: ANDREW BUDD (AGBUDD@MSN.COM)
Date: Mon May 10 10:40:18 1999WWII JAPANESE RISING SUN FLAG
FOUND AMONG MY FATHER & GR.FATHER'S EFFECTS. FLAG IS COVERED WITH JAPANESE SIGNATURES. I SAW A SEGMENT ON HGTV CONCERNING THESE FLAGS - AM INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
From: Ben K. Weed (b.k.weed@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue May 11 11:48:45 1999WW2 Japanese Flags (Repeat Answer)
Tell me more what did you see on HGTV(?).
Also if you look at some of the earlier entries on this Guestbook you will see the topic has somewhat been already addressed! In short the small Japanese flags, of both the "meatball" and "raising sun" pattern - which contain lots of hand written lettering, were the flags of indivigual Japanese soldiers. These flags were carried into combat and as such many were lost to enemy soldiers. Tens of thousands existed, so they are not particularly rare, and thus worth as a collectable between $25 and $75 depending of the condition and degree of lettering. BKW
From: Aaron Zulick (zwithjez@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Jul 4 12:34:21 1999Old Flag disposal
How are you supposed to dispose of old flags?
Aaron
From: Ben K. Weed (b.k.weed@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Jul 6 15:11:07 1999Old Flag Disposal (Answer)
I assume you are asking about disposing of old new flags, i.e., modern commercial flags that are worn out from use. Both the Boy Scouts and various veteran organizations have been known to provide
flag disposal services for free!
However, if you have a really old flag, even if it is in bad condition, you should NOT dispose of it, other than by finding a new owner who will appreciate it as an antique!
BKW
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