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Description: | From 1846-56, mates wore a single epaulette with a silver anchor insignia on their right shoulder. The epaulette is of gold lace over sheet metal with a crescent of twisted gold purl, alternating bright and dark over a wood core. The silver anchor is of base metal. It has a double row of 40 loose bullions. On the underside, the strap is lined with leather, while the crescent is lined with padded blue velvet. There is a maker?s label on the back which shows a garter with the motto ?TRUE UND FEST?, encircling the following inscription: ?WIDDOWSON & VEALE,/Goldsmiths & Jewellers/TO H.R.H./PRINCE ALBERT,/73, STRAND, LONDON.?
Inscription. Maker's label: "TRUE*UND*FEST"WIDDOWSON \&\ VEALE Goldsmiths \&\ Jewellers to H.R.H.PRINCE ALBERT 73, STRAND LONDON". On buttons: "FIRMIN LONDON".
caption: Epaulette
caption: Epaulette - underside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Epaulette epaulettes Bullion (uniforms) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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