Cap badge, Orient Steam Navigation Company Limited
Black wool cap badge of the shipping company Orient Steam Navigation Company Limited over a core. The badge contains a white rectangular flag of applied ribbed silk fabric embroidered with a blue cross overall of twisted silk thread. Applied gold coil outlines the flag and cross. In the centre of the flag there is a red velvet crown with gold coil and embroidered with metal purl and polychrome silk threads. The flag is surrounded by laurel leaves of black thread work and stems of applied black coil.
The badge is attached to a black mohair cap band.
The badge is attached to a black mohair cap band.
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Object Details
ID: | UNI4130 |
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Collection: | Uniforms |
Type: | cap badge; cap band |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Unknown |
People: | Orient Line |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 65 mm x 280 mm x 10 mm |