Yeah Flags were Ship first because you cant properly hang a Banner on the Mast.
Flags have the downside of collapsing into an unreadable state when there is no Wind, Banners do not, so they are used more commonly on Land.
Yeah Flags were Ship first because you cant properly hang a Banner on the Mast.
Flags have the downside of collapsing into an unreadable state when there is no Wind, Banners do not, so they are used more commonly on Land.