A/S SYDFYENSKE D/S.

Faaborg’s 1884–1926 monochrome photograph shows the flag and a funnel band whose white portion is twice the assumed red. A long pennant, bearing the ship’s name, flies from the mizzen. Thor Sydfyen’s July 2001 colour photograph confirms the broad white band, while the 1939 chart shows equal bands. Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg describes Helge’s flag as red with a white double-bladed axe detailed in blue. His suggestion that the current company existed only to operate Helge is qualified by Rosanoski, who notes other vessels.

The Talbot-Booth version makes the white funnel band only slightly broader than the red, differing from the later colour photograph. A 1950 network poster gives a red flag with a yellow double-bladed axe.