OK - I talked again to my friend who saw the flag last week and the entire flag is 100 per cent original. No post-war replacement of anything borders or hoist edge wise. Evidently, the people at Brunk were not familiar with Staunton Depot flags and incorrectly assumed that the hoist edge and borders were post-war because they are flannel and not bunting.
That nails this flag as a Staunton Depot pattern then I believe.
Greg Biggs