Original Item. Only One Available. The Canadian government issued flags for two of the campaigns during World War I. The fifth campaign was the first to issue a flag bearing the 9-province arms. The five blue diagonal stripes represent the campaign - in this case the 5th. The sixth campaign used in lieu of the stripes the British Union flag and coincided with a visit by the Prince of Wales to Canada, which is why the campaign used his image in the poster Pascal cited. There were 9 loan campaigns in the Second World War - and beginning with the fifth campaign there were also not only campaign flags for locales, but also campaign broad pennants for companies where employees subscribed to the loan campaign, both augmented when the community or company went over the quota.

This is a very worn example of a flag for the Third Campaign, which features the insignia of a blue shield under a dagger. The flag measures roughly 47 x 96” and does have some condition issues as shown. There is a very large tear along the top edge, and there is heavy staining throughout. The header is unmarked and retains its heavy rope halyard.

This is the first Canadian Loan flag we have offered, and we likely won’t see many others, as they have become incredibly scarce.

Comes ready for further research and display.