Flags have a VERY long and complicated history, so…
Hands up who knows what or who’s flag this is? 
This is another hugely enlarged detail from THE exciting new painting I’ll be revealing soon 
A few years ago one of my paintings, the famous “I have Urgent Dispatches” ( a very few prints remain unsold) was honoured to be the front cover for a comprehensive book about naval flags.
This lavishly illustrated book is the result of years of study by the author.
It is yet to be published in English.
If your German is up to scratch or just for the super selection of illustrations, then try “Signale der Seeffahrt” by Detlef Hechtel ISBN 97863686927642362.
This is another hugely enlarged detail from THE exciting new painting I’ll be revealing soon, for a special reason, on the first of March
