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Ahrenkiel (German Shipping Company)

Chr. F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg

image by Jorge Candeias, 13 May 2004

Chr. F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg
Ahrenkiel flag with canton

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Chr. F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg

This flag is a blue field with a rather complex symbol consisting of a trio of fishes surrounded by a pair of branches. The source is not clear enough to get into more detail than this - there's no way we could get species information, on the plant or on the fish.

Now, this flag is very similar to the flag Joseph Nuesse's House Flags site shows for a company called "Chr. F. Ahrenkiel Hamburg". The main difference is
that the flag on my source has no canton.

The other main difference is in the caption. It is not readable, but I don't think the initials have anything in common with the initials of "Chr. F. Ahrenkiel Hamburg". The first initial, the "stand-alone" initial, so to speak, looks suspiciously as an M (or, perhaps, an H), the second one, the one in the first word is very probably a Z, and the last one just has to be an A, which is the only similarity with the above.
Jorge Candeias, 13 May 2004

In Wolter's "See und Seefahrt", 1968 the flag is shown with the canton for Christian F. Ahrenkiel - Ahrenkiel & Bena, Hamburg.
Jarig Bakker, 13 May 2004

Ahrenkiel flag with canton

image sent by Reinhard Kluge, 9 May 2005

Can you please advise me what flag it is in the attachment. It seems to be a local flag from the Hamburg region, Germany.
Reinhard Kluge, 9 May 2005

That is the houseflag of Christian F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg, and Ahrenkiel & Bene, Hamburg. Bigger image at this website (bottom).
Jarig Bakker, 9 May 2005