Monkey jacket

Captain's (Master) monkey jacket, Blue Star Line. Doeskin cloth. As Royal Navy regulation pattern (including curl on stripes) but buttons are of Blue Star Line pattern. Eleven medal ribbons including OBE, DSO, BWM, Mercantile Marine, Victory (1914-18), five WWII and Coronation.

Worn by D.R. Macfarlane.

Object Details

ID: UNI3812
Collection: Uniforms
Type: Monkey jacket
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Miller Rayner Ltd
Date made: 1957
People: Blue Star Line Ltd; Macfarlane, D.R.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 770 mm x 590 mm