WWII British Army Canvas Signaling Flag Bag

Description

WWII British Army Canvas Signaling Flag Bag. Brown canvas signaling flag bag.  British Army. Used to hold the Semaphore signaling flags. Large British Army broad arrow stamped into the canvas. Comes complete with carrying strap.

Total length is 34 inches also it has a small pocket to the bottom.

The original studs are still on the base, but it does have some wear , especially to the top edge.

There are various methods by which the flags can be used as signals:

• A series of flags can spell out a message, each flag representing a letter.
• Individual flags have specific and standard meanings;^[3] for example, diving support vessels raise the “A” flag indicating their inability to move from their current location because they have a diver underwater and to warn other vessels to keep clear to avoid endangering the diver(s) with their propellers.
• One or more flags form a code word whose meaning can be looked up in a code book held by both parties. An example is the Popham numeric code used at the Battle of Trafalgar.
• In yacht racing and dinghy racing, flags have other meanings; for example, the P flag is used as the “preparatory” flag to indicate an imminent start, and the S flag means “shortened course” (for more details see Race signals).

WWII British Army Canvas Signaling Flag Bag

Flag semaphore  is the telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a fixed position. Semaphores were adopted and widely used (with hand-held flags replacing the mechanical arms of shutter semaphores) in the maritime world in the 19th century.

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