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Lot of 4 Signal Flags

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Lot of 4 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) All yellow flag used to notify of a quarantine. (1 )U is a red and white quartered flag, red at upper hoist and at lower fly. (1)A is white and blue, divided vertically. The white half is next to the mast or at the hoist; the blue half is at the fly, which is swallow tailed. (1)W is a white flag with a blue border and a red square in the center.