Actually Montgomery Ward is the best anecdotal recollection for the exact store; no detailed record was kept. However you are absolutely correct that the flag is a COTS 3-by-5 foot American flag purchased through a retail outlet and modified across the top by the addition of a hem.
The design of the flagpole was a set of sketches, but it did undergo two revisions. The first separated the staff into two pieces with a threaded joint so that the lower penetrator could be hammered into the ground separately with a standard geology hammer. The second modification corrected a defect in the cantilever lock mechanism.
It is relatively easy for any handy person to make a physically faithful facsimile of the Apollo flags.
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