BRITISH FLAGS
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A Ship of Henry VIII, circa 1545
BRITISH FLAGS
THEIR EARLY HISTORY, AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AT SEA; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE FLAG AS A NATIONAL DEVICE
BY
W. G. PERRIN
ADMIRALTY LIBRARIAN SECRETARY OF THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR
BY
HERBERT S. VAUGHAN
CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1922