What is this antenna device

[upup]

I had to stop to shoot a pic. Maybe one on each side will perform better

 

[neoprema]

It’s a flag pole

 

[RonSwanson]

It looks like a fender-mount antenna. Mildly popular in the late eighties on 4x4s with springy mount, before the bee-sting roof mount craze on hatchbacks became the new normal.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Its to hang up the hats they wear in Lesotho

 

[Ϲhristopher]

It's to help you judge where the corner for the car is when you're parking.

 

[RonSwanson]

It's to help you judge where the corner for the car is when you're parking.

Could be. The 1970s Mercedes trucks had them on both sides.

 

[Thugscub]

Japanese direct import. See number plate. Its to put a flag on it. Also find it a bit weird.

 

[Nithan15]

Those flag poles are for official or royal cars , not for a Mazda 2