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image by BlinxCat, 20 March 2022
This Wisconsin flag uses the wrong type of design without the name and date. In 1975, flags were
also being sold that improperly had the state seal
on them instead of the coat of arms. Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas J. La
Follette noted that the correct state flag did not have the banner of thirteen
stars at the bottom.
BlinxCat, 20 March 2022
image by BlinxCat,
21 April 2022
image by BlinxCat,
21 April 2022
image by BlinxCat,
21 April 2022
Before 1981, the Wisconsin state flag did NOT have any writing on it, just
like some other state flags, the design is similar to that of Civil War regiment
banners and is clearly inspired by that, the flag was adopted in 1863 but it was
formally added to the Wisconsin statues in 1913 when the design was first
standardized, even though the design was standardized until 1981, the flag still
had some issues with its appearances. The addition of the text on the flag dates
to 1973, when the senate was attempting to add the words on the flag however it
was already criticized for being too cluttered, by 1975 some flags got
incorrectly made that it improperly shown the state seal and variants of it
instead of the state coat of arms, this variant of the flag contained a banner
of stars below it, I own a 12x18 inch classroom flag of this but with 13 stars
but I've seen some with about 9-10 stars instead.
In 2015(?) I once visited
Wisconsin and spotted a flag display at a truck stop with a bunch of vintage
flags framed into the wall, among them was a pre-1981 flag but with a yellow
ring around it.
image by BlinxCat,
21 April 2022
I was
purchasing a lot of vintage Detra-made table flags from a flag store liquidation
on eBay, among the set was not many historical ones besides some 1980s
Minnesotan flags, SFR Yugoslavia and Pre-1992 Nevada, however there was a set of
Wisconsin flags that bore a strange font on them and an enlarged coat of arms
that seemed "off", my assumption was they reprinted on pre-1981 flags to save
money, I could tell as the white dye used on them looked brighter than the white
dyes used on the seals printing, the text and year was crudely printed on as
some splatters can be seen, I found some similar looking Detra-made flags from a
flag vendor named "flagguys" which can be found here along with the incorrect
banner of stars: https://www.flagguys.com/img/eswi.jpg
BlinxCat,
21 April 2022
