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Notice there is no mention of the red border of the flag, as used in practice. Service in the 'Zone of Advance' and foreign service mayīe symbolized by a gold chevron placed below the star, one shown for each six months of such service." If desired, rank may be shown by the proper insignia of Officer or non-Commissioned Officer placed directly above the star. "Gold represents wounds, distinguished service and death. Laurel Wreath Optional."īelow the illustrations is the following caption: A Gold Star bordered Blue with a Laurel Wreath superimposed on it - "Died in Service.A Blue Star superimposed over a Red Pentagon with a Gold Greek Cross in the Center and a Gold Ring Superimposed on it - "Wounded, Decorated for Distinguished Service and Missing.".A Gold Star bordered Blue with a Gold Ring superimposed on it - "Decorated for Distinguished Service," also seems to indicate the serviceman died, but that is not stated.An inverted Blue Star superimposed over a Red Pentagon - "Wounded and Decorated for Distinguished Service.".An inverted Blue Star inside of a Red Ring - "Captured.".An inverted Blue Star with both the Gold Greek Cross and the Gold Ring (as in (2) and (3)) - "Missing.".A Blue Star with a Gold Ring superimposed - "Decorated for Distinguished Service.".A Blue Star with a Gold Greek Cross in the Center - "Wounded in Service.".A Blue Star - "Service in Army or Navy.".It is entitled "The Star of Service - For the Flag, for Liberty, for Justice.": The illustration shows nine different emblems, all based on the blue 5-pointed star (pointing up). Flag, based upon the practice that arose during the World War of displaying in the home office, club, or factory, a blue star (loyalty, sincerity, justice) upon a white field (hope, purity, truth) each star representing a member of the family or organization in service, by adding thereto certain emblems symbolizing events of service as indicated on opposite page." "The State of Massachusetts, by resolution of its House of Representatives, May 28, 1918, established a new form of recognition of service under the U.S. Kerrick (Champlin Printing Co., Columbus, Ohio 1925) that states (pg. To elaborate on what Nick Artimovich and Nathan Bliss wrote about this flag, I have a book entitled "The Flag of the United States - Your Flag and Mine" by Harrison S. Some WW II era flags with one or two stars were printed on silk and sold retail for those who didn't feel like sewing their own. However, they are definitely no older than 1917, the date of entry of the USA into WW I. It is not always easy to determine a date for these flags, though I believe that WW I era flags were more likely to be made of wool, and WW II flags usually were sewn of cotton bunting. These larger flags (I have one with some 50 stars in a circle, a quarter of them in gold, measuring about 8 feet long overall) were sometimes flown outside on a pole, but most often were suspended from the ceiling of the factory / meeting hall indoors. Organizations and corporations extended this practice to fly flags incorporating stars for each of their members/employees who were off to war and, of course, would change/overlay the blue stars with gold ones when the news came back that one of theirs had died in action. If a family had a husband and a son, or multiple family members in the service of their country, then additional blue stars were set into the white rectangle. They were always hung vertically, a stick being sewn into the top heading of the flag and a piece of string attached to both ends of the stick - the string suspended at its midpoint from a hook or some other feature of a front window of the home.

Sons in Service flags made and used by families usually were no larger than about one foot long. (Hence the name of the organization "Gold Star Mothers" of women who had lost sons in the war.) There were other variations to the star for missing in action, injured, captured, etc, etc, but flags of that sort are rarely, if ever, seen. The star was replaced (or covered) with a gold star (in practice, yellow or dark yellow) if the family member died in action. Each family was entitled to hang a small Son In Service flag in their window, the blue star in the center of the red-bordered white rectangle signified a family member in active service. The "Sons in Service" flag was used during World War I and World War II.