WW2 Flag I.D.

Hello,
I am new here and looking to confirm a ww2 flag I purchased as a 1st Canadian Corps Command Headquarters flag. The flag is marked with the c broad arrow.

Any other markings on the flag?

None that I can see.

Bill wrote:Any other markings on the flag?

Great looking flag! I think I remember that one for sale.

Yes I got it off Ebay!

mk1rceme wrote:Great looking flag! I think I remember that one for sale.

I suspect that the flag is Naval, not Army.

edstorey wrote:I suspect that the flag is Naval, not Army.

I was thinking Atlantic Command just last night.

I thought it might be naval as well with the center tie on the bunting. I also read somewhere that the Canadian Navy painted green maple leafs on the ship's funnels in ww2.

mk1rceme wrote:

edstorey wrote:I suspect that the flag is Naval, not Army.

I was thinking Atlantic Command just last night.

Great looking flag regardless of unit origin.

So, I hear this flag was a proposal for a new Canadian flag back in the late 40's. I never would have guessed that.

Given the evidence, it is not likely the flag was a prototype design. Two reasons. First the colours are reversed, and second why would a prototype Canadian flag have a military acceptance mark?

Who knows...I've seen that stamp on a few things that made me do a double take. Just looks way too close regardless of the color placement.

I did see some COTC patches that resembled this flag as well...without the leaf of course.

Correction....not COTC, Royal Military College. My bad.

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Bill wrote:Given the evidence, it is not likely the flag was a prototype design. Two reasons. First the colours are reversed, and second why would a prototype Canadian flag have a military acceptance mark?

I totally agree, It is not the 1947 proposed national flag. I had seen that before but, had ruled it out. This flag came from a collector in Nova Scotia. I came up with an idea and have no proof what so ever. I read that Canadian warships painted green maple leafs on the ships funnels so the ships could be identified as Canadian and not British. I propose this could be a flag used by the Canadian merchant navy to identify Canadian ships from British ships. Just a thought.

The flag could also be a post-WWII item as the 'C Broad Arrow' did not stop being used until the early 1950s.

edstorey wrote:The flag could also be a post-WWII item as the 'C Broad Arrow' did not stop being used until the early 1950s.

Yes this is true. This is one reason I wanted to nail down the flags use. Thanks to all for the input. Keep it coming. Jim

The flag does not glow under a black light.