A Rare 1870 Fenian Raid Period Canadian Five Province Ensign Newly Listed otherwise very fine and rare

otherwise very fine and rare

maker marked "ZIPPO BRADFORD

where he graduated Course #41 on January 15

Triangular shaped cloth insignia

A Rare 1870 Fenian Raid Period Canadian Five Province Ensign Newly Listed otherwise very fine and rareScreen printed in red, green, yellow, navy blue and black inks on white cotton, illustrating a Union Jack on the canton (upper left), along with the Canadian coat of arms used between 1870 and 1873 on the field at the far right, the coat of arms bearing the provincial arms of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, inside an open ended wreath composed of a branch of maple leaves at the left and a branch of oak leaves at the right,