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Elbia Eilfracht (German Shipping Company)

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[Elbia Eilfracht] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2009 See also:

Elbia Eilfracht

Elbia Eilfracht
Elbia Eilfracht was overtaken by WTG in 1990.
Pennant #1: It was a 5-stripes pennant with alternating horizontal red and white stripes, the white stripes slightly higher. In the upper white stripe was a black inscription “ELBIA”, in the lower one “Eilfracht”.
Source: I spotted both pennants at Turmweg flee market in Hamburg-Rotherbaum on 6 September 2008.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2009

Elbia Eilfracht #2

[Elbia Eilfracht #2] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2009

Elbia Eilfracht - Pennant #2:
It was a 5-stripes pennant with alternating horizontal white and red stripes, the white stripes slightly higher. In the central white stripe was a black inscription “ELBIA”.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2009

Elbia Eilfracht #3

[Elbia Eilfracht #3] image by Eugene Ipavec, 8 Jul 2009

Apparently not all flags were triangular (as seen in the cloth by Klaus-Michael, in a flag book, or on a photo).
Here, the white stripes are quite broad and the company name is mentioned in full – there is enough space, after all!  As you can see, the words are slightly shifted to the left.
Source: German eBay offer no. 200315452243 (end 11 Mar 2009) put up by “freschkali”, dimensions given as (approx.) 75 [cm] x 120 [cm].
Jan Mertens, 8 Jul 2009