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.

Object Details

ID: UNI4130
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