Royal coat of arms of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort

An armorial design painted on a copper sheet. The Royal arms on an oval shield, as adopted by Queen Victoria from 1837, overlies a second shield with the arms of Albert, Prince Consort - Quarterly, 1st and 4th the Royal Arms, with overall a label of three points argent, charged in the centre with a cross gules. 2nd and 3rd. Barry of ten or and sable, a crown of rue in band vert. These are the Royal Arms quartered with the arms of Saxony. Two royal crowns are placed above the shields. The whole is surrounded by the ribbon and motto of the Order of the Garter: 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. The item is marked on the reverse with two broad arrows with lines of small nail holes top and bottom. In a glazed early 20th-century 'Oxford' frame of which the timber is said to have come from the HMY 'Royal George' 1817 which belonged to George IV (1762-1830). She was broken up in 1905. [PvdM 3/12], [revised BBT 7/16].

Object Details

ID: HRA0051
Collection: Heraldry
Type: Coat of Arms
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Royal George 1817 (HMY)
Date made: 1840-1861; 1840-61
People: Queen Victoria; Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria Binham, John William Tully
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 225 x 251 x 20 mm