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Lot of (5) Maritime Signal Flags

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Lot of (5) 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)J is a flag of blue, white and blue, divided horizontally, white stripe in the center. (1)H is white and red divided vertically, white at the hoist and the red at the fly. (1)V is a white flag with a red saltire or St Andrew's Cross. This is also called "St. Patrick's Saltire". (1) Code Flags. T.T is a tricolor flag, red, white and blue, red at hoist, blue at fly. (1)X is a white flag with a blue St. George's Cross