Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1840
Strap of blue wool edged with gold lace with a domed button on smooth ground with a fouled 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 indicating left and right, and the maker’s stamp: ‘LINNEY/23 REGENT STREET/LONDON’.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI0240 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | Scales |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Linney |
Date made: | circa 1840 |
People: | Royal Marines; Royal United Service Institution |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Parts: | Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1840 |