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Drawing 5-1-45D. The opposite side edge of the duck cloth shall also be turned-in 1 inch. The
ends of the duck cloth strip shall be turned-in 2-1/2 inches. The raw edges of the top and
bottom duck cloth ends shall be stitched closed with a single row of stitching with a 1/8 inch
stitching margin. A leather tab specified in 3.3.10, 3/4 inch ± 1/16 inch wide and not less than 2
inches long and having a slit and eyelet not more than 3/4 inch ± 1/16 inch long for fastening tab
over a knob or button of the flagstaff, shall be centered and placed flush with each end of the
duck cloth headings as shown on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45D. The slit and eyelet shall be centered
on the width of the tab 1/4 to 5/16 inch from the center of the eyelet to the outer end of the tab
and shall run parallel to the tab length. The tabs shall be secured through the 2 thicknesses of
duck cloth by box stitching as shown on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45D. Stitching shall be securely
backstitched. Four grommets specified in 3.3.7 shall be clinched into positions as indicated on
TIOH Drawing 5-1-45D. The duck cloth heading shall be doubled over to form a heading width
of at least 2-3/4 inches. Position the sides and ends of duck cloth evenly, with the grommet
holes aligned, and sew 2 rows of stitching not less than 3/16 inch gauge, 1/8 inch margin
through all thicknesses.
3.7.2 Type II, tube or tunnel type with sheeting and leather tabs. The heading shall be of the
tube or tunnel type for the insertion of a flagstaff, and shall be made with cotton sheeting
specified in 3.3.3.1. The construction and dimensions for Type II headings shall be as specified
on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45E. The sheeting shall be 6 inches wide and 5 inches longer than the
hoist of the flag. Each end shall be folded under 2-1/2 inches. The sheeting shall be fitted with
a tab of leather specified in 3.3.10 at each end. Each tab shall be 3/4 inch ± 1/16 inch wide and
not less than 2 inches long. Each tab shall have a slit and eyelet 3/4 inch ± 1/16 inch long for
fastening over a knob or a button on the flagstaff. The slit and eyelet shall be centered on the
width of tab as shown on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45E. The tabs shall be placed within the heading
and centered opposite the stitching of the hem. The outer end of each tab shall be flush with
the end of the heading. The tabs shall be secured through the 2 thicknesses of lining by box
stitching as shown on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45E. As an alternate, the leather tabs may be secured
by stitching through both lining and heading material. Stitching shall be securely backstitched.
The contractor's label specified in 3.8 2 shall be affixed at the same time the tabs are placed on
the sheeting. The sheeting strip shall be placed on the back of the flag at the hoist end with the
folded ends of the strip flush with the hemmed or selvage edges of the flag at the top and
bottom and attached thereto by a single row of stitching across each folded end of the strip.
The raw edge side of the strip shall be placed 1/2 inch from the raw edge of the flag. The tube
or tunnel shall then be formed by hemming the hoist end of the flag with the sheeting strip
inside. Sheeting may also be seamed separately with a 1/2 inch seam to form a tunnel. In that
case, turn under the hoist edge of the flag 1/2 inch and insert under folded side edge of the
sheeting strip. Turn-under shall be stitched with a single row of stitching (3/16 margin) which
shall pass through both the turned edge of the flag and both edges of the unseamed or seamed
lining strip. The flag width of the finished hem shall not be less than 2-3/4 inches.
3.7.3 Type III, Class 2 with leather tabs. The automobile flags (and other flags when required)
shall have the hoist end hemmed after insertion of the leather tabs specified for Type III, Class 2
headings on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45F. Two rectangular leather tabs 1-3/8 inches long and 5/8
inch wide shall be located and secured within the hem as shown on TIOH Drawing 5-1-45F.
3.8 Marking.
3.8.1 Marking for Type I headings. Flags with Type I headings shall be marked on the heading
in accordance with Type IV, Class 9 of MIL-DTL-32075, with letters appropriate to the size of
the heading but not more than 3/4 inch high. The lettering shall run along the length of the
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