Wool fragments from freedom casket

Wool pieces from a freedom casket presented to Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936) by the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers 28 October 1919.

Object Details

ID: PLT0016.3
Type: Wool from Freedom casket
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mappin & Webb
Date made: 1918-1919; 1918-19
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Earl Beatty Collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1983.
Measurements: Overall: 265 mm x 75 mm
Parts: Freedom casket presented to Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty (Freedom casket)