I is called the "Jolly Roger"
I is called the "Jolly Roger"
The Jolly Roger
The Jolly Roger
Pirates flying a flag showing a skull and cross-bones (Jolly Roger) was used to intimidate any ships that the pirate were going to attack.
The Jolly Roger
That would be the "Jolly Roger" flag, popularized during the early 1700s by pirates preparing to attack.
The Jolly Roger
the jolly roger
The Jolly Roger
The first mention of the "classic" pirate flag is associated with a French pirate Emmanuelle Wynne in 1700, which used the image of a skull with crossed bones beneath it with an hourglass on a red or black background.
his flag was a skull with 2 bones
The Skull and Bones was a Templar flag. The Templars used to cross the lower leg bones of the deceased brothers over the chest in order to ship the remains in a more compact fashion. The bones on the flag are the shin bones.