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How to determine age of a pennant.
Granted this is a subjective topic but after years of handling pennants I have noticed details that helps put a pennant into an era. Construction, material, labels, font, images and other visual and tactile information can help determine what era a pennant was constructed. New pennants are being made that resemble old pennants but the key to determining that your pennant is older or newer is the material. I wanted to get a micrometer out and measure the thickness of the wool but I may be going overboard! The worsting of the wool, moth holes, fading is an easier way...