House flag, Crusader Shipping Ltd
The house flag of Crusader Shipping Ltd, London. A black swallow-tailed pennant with a shield bearing the cross of St George on a gold sword. The flag is made of a machine sewn, wool and synthetic fibre bunting. The motif and the hoist are made of cotton fabric. A rope and toggle is attached. The crusader's sword and shield in the design were intended by the company to symbolise the launch into a new trade route across the Pacific from New Zealand to the West Coast of USA.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA0205 |
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Collection: | Textiles; Flags |
Type: | House flag |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | 1955-1967; 1955-67 |
People: | Crusader Shipping Ltd, London |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Pope Collection. Reproduced with kind permission of P&O Nedlloyd. |
Measurements: | flag: 508 x 914.4 mm |