Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1840

Strap of blue wool edged wtih gold lace with a button at the end in the following pattern: domed button, smooth ground with a foul anchor and crown at the centre with sprigs of laurel at the bottom and ROYAL MARINES at the top. There is a very large, rigid metal crescent, the interior of which is of blue padded wool. The underside of the strap and crescent are lined with blue wool and there is a metal clip with the maker's stamp: Linney/23 Regent Street/London.

Object Details

ID: UNI0240.2
Type: Scales
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Linney
Date made: circa 1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 38 x 190 x 142 mm
Parts: Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1840 (Scales)
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