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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1953
Admiral of the Fleet full dress sword belt belonging to Adm-Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin (1920-1999).
Black silk webbing lined, girdle fully 1 1/2 inches wide, slings 1 inch wide on sliders, the whole embroidered in gold with oak leaves and acorns down the middle, and margined with a straight gold line near each edge. Gilt mountings with circular clasp in front; round the clasp is an embossed wreath of laurel and in the centre an anchor surmounted by a King's crown in a wreath of laurel. Embossed carriage buckles. Attached to the front ring or to the slider, a plain gilt hook to suspend the sword short. Swivels, buckles and beckets to attach the sword.
Black silk webbing lined, girdle fully 1 1/2 inches wide, slings 1 inch wide on sliders, the whole embroidered in gold with oak leaves and acorns down the middle, and margined with a straight gold line near each edge. Gilt mountings with circular clasp in front; round the clasp is an embossed wreath of laurel and in the centre an anchor surmounted by a King's crown in a wreath of laurel. Embossed carriage buckles. Attached to the front ring or to the slider, a plain gilt hook to suspend the sword short. Swivels, buckles and beckets to attach the sword.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4333 |
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| Collection: | Uniforms |
| Type: | Sword belt |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | After 1973 |
| People: | Lewin, Terence Thornton |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Lewin Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 30 mm x 1010 mm x 790 mm |