Private signal flag of Arthur Curtiss James

private signal

A. C. James' private signal flag; swallowtail, serge. Kelly green, white star and crescent, 3 white Greek letters, alpha, delta, phi. Two rows of printing on binding is illegible. [Alpha Delta Phi, a literary fraternity founded in 1832, uses the same symbols (star, crescent, and ADP in the crescent) on its crest. [Arthur Curtiss James, Amherst College class of 1889, was probably a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity .]