My Flag Collection

     British White Ensign flag - WWII era Brought this flag on Ebay about a year ago rather cheap I believe. It is almost in pristine condition so my bet is, it has never been in use. It measures 180x90cm (70x35 inches) ratio 2:1, it is made of wool and has the "classic" woven horizontal lines typical for flags in the 1930's to early 50's It has a couple of moth holes and brass grommets on the hoist along with what seems to be brass clips attached to hemp rope. I dont believe it was made for naval use as it doesn't have any reinforcements on the fly end. I dont have the story behind the flag but have found an almost identical flag on Imperial War Museums website.   https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30018030 In the description is is stated the flag was hoisted on the first station the British took in Algiers on the 8th of November 1942 and later hoisted on D-Day. So, who knows? Maybe my flag is from WWII also and has been carried around :P   ...

Red Ensign, Red Duster wool flag from 1930's or 40's The story So this is one of my Red Ensign's, Red Duster flag in my collection and is one of my favorits as it show signs of heavy use. Its a flag that "has been there". Other collectors might go for the mint condition flags but as written on previous posts I go for the used ones, the one with story, the one that has been in duty :) There is no need for me to write half a page about the flag as a symbol as there are several sites who has done this. I like this one : https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-ensr.html#red which has a very fine description about the Red Ensign and also a few comments on why it was called "Red Duster". The construction My flag is made of wool and smells of diesel and the classic "attic wool", which also makes sense as the flag was usually hoisted at the stern of the ship there the engine exhaust also flows by. It has the classic wool woven horizontal lines throughou...