Beautiful Old Yellow on Navy Linen Signal / Semaphore Flags - A Pair Hudson River vallery farm Stands up straight on its

Stands up straight on its flat base

The interior shows the unfinished bark on the sides and an unfinished wooden bottom

with no holes or tears

I just wanted them near me)

6 7/8" t x 4 1/4" w

Beautiful Old Yellow on Navy Linen Signal / Semaphore Flags - A Pair Hudson River vallery farm Stands up straight on itsI believe these old flags were likely used for semaphore rather than as stand alone signal flags since they are a matching pair, and because can't find a specific nautical signal flag that is yellow on navy, though in the nautical alphabet a white square on blue field represents the letter P. In any case, they are certainly old ones, with the yellow squares hand stitched onto the very dark blue, all linen. I find the holes and thinning to the fabric