Last modified: 2003-12-13 by jarig bakker
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All sources up to WW2 are consistent in showing black letters on the
flag though they differ on the width of the green band apart from its being
broad, Harnack showing it widest. Wij Varen Weer in 1946 shows green letters
as do subsequent sources (I disregard Harnack 1959 as I doubt if he bothered
to do much, if any, updating and his 1949 edition, which also shows black
letters, was a compete exact replica section of his pre WW2 books, the
detail being reasonable but of no use in trying to determine the timing
of changes) with Stewart 1963 varying by having the diamond wholly throughout
a very broad band. And then a couple of the Dutch sources show the flag
with equal bands, including Wyt's Digest, the annual publication on Dutch
shipbuilding which I have a feeling is the origin of such portrayals.
Neal Rosanoski, 6 Dec 2003
Another version of the flag of N.V. Halcyon Lijn, Rotterdam (as found
on Josef Nüsse's
site, a Dutch
houseflagsite and in : All
about Ships and Shipping, 1959) - three horizontal stripes of white
and green, proportioned (approximately) 1:4:1; in the center a white diamond
charged with HL in black.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Oct 2003