Editing King Ottokar's Sceptre (section)

===Second version, 1947===
The story was redrawn and colourised in 1947. For this edition, Hergé was assisted by [[Edgar P. Jacobs]]. Jacobs oversaw changes to the costumes and background of the story; in the 1938 version, the Syldavian Royal Guards are dressed like British [[Beefeaters]], while the 1947 version has them dressed in a Balkanised uniform similar to the [[National Guards Unit of Bulgaria]].{{sfnm|1a1=Thompson|1y=1991|1p=84|2a1=Farr|2y=2001|2p=87|3a1=Lofficier|3a2=Lofficier|3y=2002|3p=44}} Jacobs also inserted a cameo of himself and his wife in the Syldavian royal court, while in that same scene is a cameo of Hergé, his then-wife Germaine, his brother Paul, and three of his friends – Édouard Cnaepelinckx, [[Jacques Van Melkebeke]], and Marcel Stobbaerts.{{sfnm|1a1=Farr|1y=2001|1p=87|2a1=Lofficier|2a2=Lofficier|2y=2002|2p=44}}{{sfn|Tett|2012|p=22}} Hergé and Jacobs also inserted further cameos of themselves at the bottom of page 38, where they appear as uniformed officers.{{sfn|Farr|2001|pp=87, 89}} While the character of Professor Alembick had been given the forename of Nestor in the original version, this was changed to Hector for the second; this had been done so as to avoid confusion with the character of [[Nestor (comics)|Nestor]], the butler of [[Marlinspike Hall]], whom Hergé had introduced in ''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]''.{{sfn|Thompson|1991|p=84}} Editions Casterman published this second version in book form in 1947.{{sfn|Lofficier|Lofficier|2002|p=42}}