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August Cords (German Shipping Company)

August Cords & Cords & Co

image by Jorge Candeias, 11 Jan 2005

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Aug. Cords

The flag is blue with a red lozenge that has a white border that touches the edges of the flag. In the center, the two initials AC are white. The caption seems to read "Aug. Cords". Aug may be the abbreviation of August.
Jorge Candeias, 11 Jan 2005

White initials here: 'Aug. Cords, Rostock' as No. 964 of the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels. Aug. is indeed August: a short article about him (in German) is here. Dates 1859-1919, shipchandler in Rostock 1885, founded shipping company in 1903. Firm (still owned by descendants) moved to Bremen (after WWII I suppose), in existence till 1971.
Jan Mertens, 12 Jan 2005

Aug. Cords - variant

image by Jarig Bakker, 10 Feb 2005

Aug. Cords, Rostock - blue flag, red diamond bordered white; black "A.C.". Wolters' See und Seefahrt (1968) lists it as Aug. Cords u. Cords & Co., GmbH, Bremen (white initials).
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 10 Feb 2005

Aug. Cords - variant #2

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2009

August Cords & Cords & Co
The company was located in Bremen. It is a blue flag with a red lozenge, fimbriated white, in its centre, having a white inscription “AC”.
Source: “Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen”; 2nd ed.; Hamburg 1956; p.14
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2009