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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 2988144, member: 1476&quot;]As Any Jewelry explained above, Gianluca.&nbsp; &quot;Red flag&quot; was first used by military forces as a literal warning sign. (Here is a very early Dutch example.) It later became a metaphor for &quot;warning.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]288928[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><i><font size="3">&quot;A Naval Encounter between Dutch and Spanish Warships by Cornelis Verbeeck.&nbsp; circa 1618/1620. A solid red flag, signifying the ship’s intent to engage in combat with a Spanish galleon (left ship), flies at the Dutch warship&#039;s stern (right ship).&quot;</font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]288939[/ATTACH] </font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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