signal flag C (Charlie) 35 x 48" vintage

Salvaged ship's international maritime signal flag, used by ships in communication.  The principal system of flags and codes is the Interational Code of Signals. 

Letter / code / radio name:  
Charlie. Meaning: "Affirmative."

Blazon: Azure, a fess gules fimbriated argent.

Synthetic material.  Stitched.  Light patina, light soil, light wear.  Smells like a ship.
Brass toggle. 

Approximately 35" x 48".

The signal flag consists of 6 equal horizontal stripes: blue over white over red over white over blue.