M1944 Phila QM Depot Guidon & Co Flag 3rd Recon Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment

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M1944 Phila QM Depot Guidon & Co Flag 3rd Recon Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment.
Note:
This guidon, flag, & streamers came out of the 12th U.S. Cavalry’s time at Fort Knox. The flag guidon set was only used from Feb to July 1959.
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How I got my uniforms
This uniform was obtained by my grandfather. My grandfather went to the GA Military Academy when he was young. He served in the GA National Guard as a piolet. He crashed a plane while he was in the National Guard and was in traction well over a year and afterwards he opened several service stations in Savannah, GA around Hunter Army Airfield. He was given much more ration tickets than the average person because of his business. (I guess it's called profiteering.) Soldiers from Enlightened Men to Officers would trade military uniforms, flags, guidons, coins, liquor, etc for gasoline, tires, batteries, etc. This is how he built his collection. My grandfather passed away September 09, 2000 at the age of 89 years old. I inherited his collections. I wanted to keep everything and open a museum one day, but my baby girl, Allison, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia April 3, 2021. I had to sell my collection of to help my daughter to be as comfortable as she can be while she is still taking her Chemotherapy. Her case was reduced to Chronic Myeloid Leukemia around October of 2021. My oldest daughter, Caitlin, is an exact match for Allison with her bone marrow. I kept asking why we can't go ahead with the transplant. I was told in November that she will have to start radiation therapy for the transplant. This will sterilize her, making it impossible for her to have children when she gets older and it will push her into menopause by 13.  They are holding off as long as they can. They want to wait until she starts her cycle. But her levels have started going up and the Chemotherapy that she is taking is very hard on the body. We are now going to a Pediatric Oncologist, Pediatric Hematologist, Pediatric Endocrinologist , & Psychiatrist. They are suspecting that the Sprycel is damaging her body. She is only supposed to be on it for 6 months to push her body into molecular remission. She has never gone into remission in the last year in a half..... Anyway, this is why I'm selling my collection and where it came from. It's been in my family for at the most 90 years.
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For your consideration is this extremely rare Guidon & Company Flag grouping for “B” Troop, 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment.
This guidon includes 4 Streamers, 3 Honor Troop & 1 USATCA Honor Troop Streamer. All 4 are made of Nylon.
*** USATCA : U.S. Army Training Center, Armor ***
The guidon was manufactured on 2/4/1959 by the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot. It measures 19” by 27”. It’s made of Nylon/Wool.
The U.S. Army Company Battle Flag measures 3ft by 4ft and was manufactured by Valley Forge Flag Company under contract. It’s made of Rayon with Silk fringing.
***The 48 Star Battle Flag was retired on July 1, 1959.**
This is an extremely rare piece before 1965 when the PQMD was reorganized as the DPSC. The only other Valley Forge Ceremonial Government Flag that I have seen manufactured before 1965 was the JFK Presidential Flag that went to auction several years ago and I have NEVER seen a 48 star Valley Forge Regimental Flag.
Condition:
The guidon unfortunately has minor mothing but it’s not major. The exceptionally rare 48 Star Co. Battle Flag is museum quality.
THIRD ARMORED DIVISION
LINEAGE
April 1941
Activated as the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion (Armored) at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
May 1941
Renamed as the 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion (Armored).
January 1942
Renamed as the 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion.
November 1945
The unit was deactivated in Germany.
July 1947
Activated as the 83rd Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
July 1948
Renamed as the 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion.
October 1957
Renamed as the 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 12th Cavalry.
September 1963
Renamed as the 3rd Squadron, 12th Cavalry.
February 1989
Renamed as the 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry.