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Description: | Black wool cap badge of British and Commonwealth Shipping Company over a core. A sea-lion is embroidered in gold and silver purl with features embellished with polychrome silk thread work on a central reserve of padded black wool edged by applied gold coil. The reserve is surrounded by laurel leaves of gold purl with stems of gold coil. All is surmounted by a naval crown of gold purl, bullion and spangles. The badge is backed with a black wool blend fabric and covered with the remains of a layer of black paper.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | cap badges Merchant Navy British and Commonwealth Shipping Co. Ltd | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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