DEUTSCH-AUSTRALISCHE DAMPFSCHIFFSAHRTS-GESELLSCHAFT.

The white flag bears a red-and-black saltire formed by overlapping diagonals. The diagonal from upper hoist to lower fly lies above the other; both are red in their hoist halves and black in their fly halves. Jan Mertens links the colours to the contemporary German national flag rather than Australia. The funnel and flag continued under the merged company and after Hapag’s takeover.

This post-takeover livery places the former funnel bands on Hapag’s funnel, while the original component flags continued to fly.

The Merchant Ships 1942 funnel was prepared from a verbal description.