Flags of the Alliance and the Serapis

Two United States flags, one above the other; top flag bears seven red stripes, six white stripes and thirteen stars in five parallel rows of three, two, three, two and three on the upper left corner of blue field; bottom flag bears five red stripes, four white stripes, four blue stripes and thirteen stars in three parallel rows of four, five, and four on a blue field in the upper left corner; In June 1779 John Paul Jones, with the Captains of the Franco-American Squadron, stipulated in an agreement that the flag of the United States was to be flown. This would then have been the situation at the date these flags were drawn, less than two weeks after the engagement of the "Bonhomme Richard" and the "Serapis". These ships were in water near to the Island of Texel, Netherlands, North coast of North Holland. The name "Texel" appears in each label.; Two United States Flags, one above the other on a single sheet of paper. The top one bears 7 red stripes, 6 white stripes and 13 stars in five parallel rows