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House flag, Crusader Shipping Ltd Long Caption: 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. 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. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Pope Collection. Reproduced with kind permission of P&O Nedlloyd. Object: AAA0205 Artist: unknown Date: 1955-1967 Medium: wool blend; synthetic blend; cotton; machine sewn Size: 508 mm x 914 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.