Title: Mexican flag and coat of arms

Identifier: 0172-b2a-fh-i8   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/870)

Description: Martin County farmer John Conrad Getsinger, Sr., a native of Wurttemburg, Germany, participated as a sergeant in Company E of the 1st Regiment of N.C. Volunteers during the Mexican War (1847-1848). This sketch is from his sketchbook made during his stay in Mexico, and depicts an eagle with a serpent in its beak and talons, over a cactus. The caption reads "Mexican flage and shilde."