Banner, City Imperial Volunteers, 1900.
White cotton with a selvedge at each vertical edge and a machine stitched hem at each horizontal edge. The flag is printed in red with a St George’s Cross extending to all edges. In the upper hoist canton, a dagger, point uppermost, above which is a stylised crown. In the lower hoist canton are the unit initials, ‘ C.I.V.’.  There is no sleeve but evidence of pinning or nailing the flag to an upright. 1900.
This flag was possibly used as a street decoration in London when the unit left for service in the Boer War (1899-1902) or when it returned from South Africa.