RARE FRAGMENT OF FLAG FROM FRIGATE WARSHIP USS CONSTITUTION RELIC

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A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN AUTHENTIC PIECE OF US HISTORY.- RARE RED FRAGMENT OF FLAG FROM THE FAMED FRIGATE WARSHIP USS CONSTITUTION -WAR OF1812 OLD IRONSIDES  - RELIC MEASURES 1 1/2" BY 1" RED COURSE MATERIAL- SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS -ACQUIRED FROM COLLECTOR IN PENN- NO HISTORY TIMELINE KNOWN WHEN RECOVERED FROM THE SHIP  -ONLY FROM THE CONSTITUTION - THE USS CONSTITUTION, ALSO KNOWN AS OLD IRONSIDES, IS A WOODEN-HULLED, THREE-MASTED HEAVY FRIGATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY NAMED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON AFTER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. SHE IS THE WORLD'S OLDEST COMMISSIONED NAVAL VESSEL STILL AFLOAT. SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1797, ONE OF SIX ORIGINAL FRIGATES AUTHORIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION BY THE NAVAL ACT OF 1794 AND THE THIRD CONSTRUCTED. JOSHUA HUMPHREYS DESIGNED THE FRIGATES TO BE THE YOUNG NAVY'S CAPITAL SHIPS, AND SO THE CONSTITUTION AND HER SISTERS WERE LARGER AND MORE HEAVILY ARMED AND BUILT THAN STANDARD FRIGATES OF THE PERIOD. SHE WAS BUILT AT EDMUND HARTT'S SHIPYARD IN THE NORTH END OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. HER FIRST DUTIES WERE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIPPING DURING THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE AND TO DEFEAT THE BARBARY PIRATES OF THE FIRST BARBARY WAR. CONSTITUTION IS MOST NOTED FOR HER ACTIONS DURING THE WAR OF 1812 AGAINST THE UNITED KINGDOM WHEN SHE CAPTURED NUMEROUS MERCHANT SHIPS AND DEFEATED FIVE BRITISH WARSHIPS. - DURING THE CIVIL WAR SHE SERVED AS A TRAINING SHIP AT THE U S NAVAL ACADEMY - RETIRED IN 1881 - RESTORED IN 1927 - 1934 TOUR OF CITES - MUSEUM SHIP
PERFECT FOR ANY DISPLAY OR COLLECTION. GREAT CONDITION. DO NOT MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS HISTORIC PIECE OF  THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION!- RARE COLLECTIBLE.