ABC Sports 3x5 Jolly Roger pirate flag features a classic eyepatched
skull and crossbones design, on a plain black background, and is
manufactured to strict quality control standards by utilising a
fully-proven imprint service combined with the best quality fabrics
available to ensure that our Jolly Roger pirate flags are of premium
quality in their range.
The Jolly Roger pirate flag is 900mm x
1500mm wide, 3 foot x 5 foot in the old imperial measurement, has
reinforced white hanging spline with dual brass grommets for attaching
to a flag pole, hanging on a games room wall, or other structure.
The
3x5 Jolly Roger pirate flag features triple stitched edging and is made
from a durable lightweight polyester material making it perfect for
either indoor games room wall display or outdoor use, while the
lightweight super-stitched polyester material used to make the Jolly
Roger pirate flag allows the flag to sway, wave, flap and flutter in
even the slightest of breeze.
About the Jolly Roger flag - Skull and Crossbones flag.
The
Jolly Roger is any of various flags flown to identify a ship's crew as
pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is
the skull and crossbones, a flag consisting of a human skull above two
long bones set in an x-mark arrangement on a black field. This design
was used by several pirates, including Captains Edward England and John
Taylor.
Some Jolly Roger flags also include an hourglass, another
common symbol representing death in 17th and 18th century Europe.
Despite its prominence in popular culture, plain black flags were often
employed by most pirates in the 17th and 18th century.
Historically,
the Jolly Roger, or pirate flag was flown to frighten pirates' victims
into surrendering without a fight, since it conveyed the message that
the attackers were outlaws who would not consider themselves bound by
the usual rules of engagement—and might, therefore, slaughter those they
defeated (since captured pirates were usually hanged, they did not have
much to gain by asking quarter if defeated). The same message was
sometimes conveyed by a plain red flag.
Since the decline of
piracy, various military units have used the Jolly Roger, usually in
skull-and-crossbones design, as a unit identification insignia or a
victory flag to ascribe to themselves the proverbial ferocity and
toughness of pirates, these groups included - on the tail of B-24 heavy
bombers of the 90th Bombardment Group of the Fifth Air Force, on the
tail of Grumman F-14 Tomcats of fighter squadron VF-84, Polish submarine
ORP Sokó, British submarine HMS Utmost, HMS Proteus, HMS Conqueror, HMS
Turbulent, HMS Triumph, and the Australian submarine HMAS Onslow flew
the Jolly Roger in 1980, following her successful participation in the
'Kangaroo 3' war game as an opposing submarine.
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