Monkey jacket

Senior Purser of the Merchant Navy's monkey jacket. Doeskin standard pattern jacket with Merchant Navy pattern buttons and 2 1/2 stripes of gold lace on white cloth (half way around the cuff). Five WWII medals ribbons, one with rosette.

Jacket belonged to V Brookes.

Object Details

ID: UNI3779
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Monkey jacket
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Monnery & Son
Date made: circa 1957-1960
People: New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd; Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 790 mm x 600 mm