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Lot 4 Maritime Signal Flags

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Lot 4 Maritime Signal Flags
The International Code of Signals (ICOS) was generally accepted at the time of the World War I. At that time the great majority of ships were not equipped with radio then known as the wireless. Communication from ship to ship was carried out by use of "ship flags" and virtually all ships carried a printed copy of the ICOS and a set of the International Signal Flags. Messages were sent by hoisting the flags at a prominent place on the ship. (1)R is a red flag with a yellow St. George's Cross. (1)S is a white flag with a blue square in center. S is called the "Blue Ball(1)is a tricolor flag, red, white and blue, red at hoist, blue at fly. (1) B like A is swallow tailed; it is all red. When hoisted with the code flag indicates the ship in loading or unloading explosives.