The ‘Pirate Sword’ is an original sculpting by the late Charles Dahn. The sword hilt is a rendition of the “Jolly Roger”, a symbol of the Pirate life.

The name "Jolly Roger" is thought to have come from “joli rouge” (pretty red), a wry French description of the bloody banner flown by early privateers.

The flags were meant to strike mortal terror in the hearts of the pirate's intended victims. They often featured skeletons, daggers, cutlasses, or bleeding hearts on white, red, or black fields.

The skull and crossbones motif first appeared around 1700 when French pirate Emanuel Wynne hoisted his fearful ensign in the Caribbean embellished with an hourglass to show his prey that their time was running out.

In his book ‘Pirates and The Lost Templar Fleet’, David H. Childress claims that the flag was named after the first man tofly it, King Roger II of Sicily (c.1095-1154). Roger was a famed Templar and the Knights Of The Temple were in conflict with the Pope over his conquests of Apulia and Salerno in 1127. Childress claims that, many years later after the Templars were disbanded by the church, at least one Templar fleet split into four independent flotillas dedicating themselves to pirating ships of any country sympathetic to Rome. The flag was thus an inheritance, and its crossed bones a reference to the original Templar logo of a red cross with blunted ends.

Wear this unique design to show your “True Colours”.

Made of high quality excelsior pewter. Double sided design.

Approx. Pendant size: 6.2 centimetre height x 2.4 centimetre width. Weight : 16 grams.

Black cord option comes with an approx. 36 inch or 91.44 cm cord and a (lead free) pewter accent bead with laminated ends.

Chain option comes with a 3 mm flat link stainless steel chain of 24 inch length without a bead.

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