Flag from the period of the Greater Poland Uprising.
Signature: WMN/H/001001
Type: Tkaniny okolicznościowe / sztandary
Material: płótno
Technique: aplikacja
Measurement: wys.: 147 cm; sze.: 77 cm
Description:
A flag with an embroidered eagle made by Kazimiera Garstecka from Łęczyca near Puszczykowo, 1918.
The story around national colours and symbols. In 1918, after over a hundred years of captivity, there was no official coat of arms and flag of the Second Polish Republic. So there was a reference to the white eagle on a red background. Such flags were made by women in the privacy of patriotic houses.