GRONLANDS HANDEL REDERIET.

The flag is the Danish swallowtailed national flag with two white harpoons crossed in the canton; a version also has gold or yellow K.G.H. at the centre of the cross. The historical accounts differ. A Handbook of Flags is described as dating the ensign to 1795 and addition of the harpoons to 1846. The FOTW account instead dates the harpoons to 1781, addition of K.G.H. to 1795, and a royal resolution confirming the harpoons alone to 28 June 1846. It evolved from a trading-company flag into an ensign for Ministry for Greenland ships and subdivisions. One comment presumes obsolescence after Greenland’s flag and home-rule transfer, whereas Rosanoski’s note presumes that it was taken over; neither outcome is established here. No funnel is given.