Admiral of the Fleet's ceremonial day dress coat, belonging to Adm-Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin (1920-1999). Wool tail coat with a white collar edged with gold lace and silk lined. The collar closes with hooks and eyes. The collar and sleeves are lined with with white silk, the body of the coat with black silk, quilted in the back. The coat is fitted with a shoulder strap and seven sewn loops for aiguillettes. The device on the shoulder strap is a crown over crossed batons within a laurel wreath (the crown is the 1953 Queen's Crown). The shoulder strap also has the Royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II - the whole mounted on gold lace with a button above.
The coat is double breasted with six buttons on each side, and four on the tails. There are two pockets in the tails. There is a false pocket on each side decorated with three gilt buttos and a flap decorated with false button holes. The buttons are the 1953 pattern flag officers' pattern - a Queen's Crown above a foul anchor, within a laurel wreath with a rope twist edge. The coat has Admiral of the Fleet's sleeve lace - top stripe with curl, three 1/2" stripes, one 1 3/4" stripe on cuff.