Signal flag game

Signal flag game. Two spinners and thirty-two playing pieces contained in a round tin with a lid. It consists of two pairs of revolving discs, each with a compass rose in the centre of the top disc, surrounded by four apertures which reveal naval signal flags, distant, and night signals. Also 32 wooden blocks, each with a lead strip underneath with a hole to one side, each has a pointer in the middle.

Object Details

ID: AAB0069
Collection: Toys, games and music
Type: Signal flag game
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1827
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm x 110 mm
Parts: Signal flag game