![]() Interesting that on Oak Island tonight when they got news of the possible lead cross mine location being near Rennes Le Chateau they did a flash back scene of their trip to France. Gets people to watch an otherwise boring series of events on a Canadian island. Just as preposterous as proposing a Templar connection. The Skull & Crossbones flag was also used in the production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance in NYC in 1879 where it became a pirate story standard. Treasure Island is also the start of the song "16 Men on a Dead Man's Chest." That's when the skull and crossbones first became standardized as a "Jolly Roger". Stevenson's book "Treasure Island" that was published as a series. The modern familiar "Jolly Roger" goes back to the original illustrations in R.L. There were dozens - some with no skull or bones at all. Then each ship started making their own designs. ) adopted a black flag - the idea that a surrendered ship was worth a LOT more than a fight, risking lives of crew and damaging the prize (ship and cargo). The various "pirates" (freebooters, those with articles of marque, etc. Kind of gallows humor ("Show the pretty flag") The red flag was flown to indicate no quarter to be given unless the enemy surrendered. The term probably originted with the French Joile Rouge which means Pretty Red. ![]() Their reference to this part of the story seems to come from a Philip Gardiner article that was listed as "alternative history", so not sure of its veracity. When the Knights Templar dissolved, with many members forming the Knights of Malta who were equally known for their piracy, they also were known to fly the skull and crossbones." Of the Jolly Roger line though, the earliest reference is probably of the skull and crossbones flag used by the Knights Templar, who had the world’s biggest naval fleet in the 13 century and were well known for their pirate-like acts on the sea. " Records of pirate ships flying flags that signified they were pirates go back just about as far as history is recorded. I just searched for the origins of the jolly roger and while Wikipedia had some references to 1600's, there were other sources that told the templar story with a couple of different skull and cross bone origins. Other fittings are available on ordering.I saw the same preview for tonight's show and had some of the same questions. Our Digitally printed Jolly Roger (Skull & Cross Bones) Flags are manufactured from 115gsm Ministry of Defence approved knitted polyester flag fabric, the highest quality print fabric available for outdoor flag making.Īll our Jolly Roger (Skull & Cross Bones) Flags are hemmed on the three exposed sides with a strong double hem (triple hem on fly, on flags over 2.5 yards), fitted with our custom red, white & blue stitch polypropylene headband tape, rope & wooden toggle as standard. ![]() The appliquéd part may be printed depending on the complexity of the design, if you would like to be sure on this, please do not hesitate to call. Any appliqué work is hand stitched onto the design of the flag in our 115gsm Ministry of Defence approved knitted polyester flag fabric. The individual pieces of fabric are hand cut to MoD & Flag institute patterns and stitched together with a flat felled seam to create a strong and durable finished product. Our hand sewn Jolly Roger (Skull & Cross Bones) Flags are manufactured from our 155gsm Ministry of Defence approved woven polyester flag fabric, the highest quality fabric available for outdoor flag making. We offer both hand sewn & printed Jolly Roger (Skull & Cross Bones) Flags, all made in our very own manufacturing facility, here in North Yorkshire, UK.
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