Vintage and Antique Flags
A flag is a piece of fabric hung from a pole or rope, usually designed to convey information without resorting to written language. Instead, flags rely on shapes and symbols to identify groups of people, as well as to send warning signals to others. Before the horizontal flag became commonplace, a staff with a carved emblem at its top, known as a vexilloid, was raised. The fabric banners that hung vertically from these vexilloids were the...Continue Reading