*Important information on customization:
All pieces which have been custom stenciled, stamped, or sewn regardless of length or complexity of the work, are non-refundable and non-returnable.

Details & Information

- Dimensions
The dimensions of the guidon is 2 feet 3 ¾ inches fly by 1 foot 8 inches hoist finished with a 10 inch fork. Letters and numerical figures are 3 1/2 inches in height of USQM Rounded Block Design. The pole sleeve will accommodate a regulation dimension Pike or Lance of 3.85 inch circumference

- Construction
All of our guidons are made by hand here in our shop located in South St. Paul Minnesota. We use original vintage sewing machines (many of them Singer) using the same models employed by the PQDM (Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot) durring the 1930s throught the 1950s. Every piece is professionally sewn, detailed and customized to order. Our Oxford Bunting and cotton materials are all milled and custom dyed for us in the US.

- Relative Arrangement
The device and letter/number arrangement of the guidons from the 1920s-1960s is regulated by AR 260-10, Paragraph 1c (obsolete). This states that the guidon will be alike on both sides but reversed with respect the observer. That is, one side is a "positive" and the other side is a "negative" mirror image. While one side is indeed backwards, neither side is considered "presentation" however it is customary to display the guidon to the observers left.

- Field Materials
The materials specified for guidon construction (per 1927 AR260-10 (2)) is wool bunting. We offer all of our guidons in beautiful custom dyed 100% Oxford Cotton Bunting. Our Oxford Cotton is a beautifully and economiclly replicated option over wool bunting which, due to the cost of custom dyeing and milling, is simply cost prohibitive at the present time. Device, Numbers and letters are constructed of starch sized cotton, however our starch sizing will not yellow like the originals.

- Why “1937”?
At the end of the 1920s, the US War Department change the regulation size of the guidon to 2 feet 3 ¾ inches fly by 1 foot 8 inches hoist, the same overall size still in use today. Then, in 1937, the PQMD changed the construction standard to include a center seam, but still utilized selvedge edge wool bunting. Regardless of the branch of service, the regulation PQMD manufactured guidons of this era featured a seam running horizontally through the dead center of the flag along with an un-hemmed selvedge edge. These two outward features are iconic of the WWII era guidons. Allied Workshops has worked hard to custom produce fabrics that meet these requirements and when coupled with our production technique, machinery and detail work, it yields a reproduction that is authentic to the absolute best of our ability.