House flag, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co Ltd

The house flag of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London. The flag is made of wool bunting, machine sewn with a cotton hoist. A rope and two inglefield clips is attached. On a label. 'P & O house flag from the Kaiser-i-Hind April 1938. Presented by the company per Boyd Cable & Daniel R. Bolt.' The flag is very dirty and the corners are frayed.

Rectangular flag divided diagonally blue, white, red and yellow.

Object Details

ID: AAA1092
Collection: Flags
Type: House flag
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Kaisar-i-Hind 1914
Date made: Before 1938; b
People: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company; Bolt, Daniel
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Daniel Bolt Collection
Measurements: flag: 1295.4 x 2159 mm