Beautiful Old Yellow on Navy Linen Signal / Semaphore Flags - A Pair oval mirror which has a hole near

which has a hole near the end for hanging

And I think it is also the heaviest

the tongue on that little black dog

With a great rough texture and surface that varies all the way around

surrounded by dog and cat and chickens and little chicks

Beautiful Old Yellow on Navy Linen Signal / Semaphore Flags - A Pair oval mirror which has a hole nearI believe these old flags were likely used for semaphore rather than as stand alone signal flags since they are a matching pair, and because can't find a specific nautical signal flag that is yellow on navy, though in the nautical alphabet a white square on blue field represents the letter P. In any case, they are certainly old ones, with the yellow squares hand stitched onto the very dark blue, all linen. I find the holes and thinning to the fabric