Handkerchief
Cream silk handkerchief printed in colour with unofficial badges of British warships of the First World War period. Based on a set of contemporary cigarette cards; HMS Audacious, HMS Temeraire, HMS Warrior, HMS Arethusa, HMS Melbourne, HMS Beaver, Royal Naval Barracks Chatham, HMS Kent, HMS Aboukir, HMS Albermarle, HMS Collingwood, HMS Zealandia, HMS Natal, HMS Amethyst, HMS Weymouth, HMS Falmouth, Royal Naval College Dartmouth, HMS Cressy, HMS Achilles, HMS Canolus, HMS Vanguard, HMS Triumph, HMS Good Hope, HMS Highflyer, HMS Aurora, Royal Naval Hospital, HMS Carnavon, HMS Duke of Edinburgh, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Bellerophon, HMS Queen, HMS Drake, HMS Undaunted, HMS Lowestoft, HMS Lurcher, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Monmouth, HMS Black Prince, HMS Formidable.
Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2169 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Handkerchief |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Albemarle (1901); Aboukir (1900) Achilles (1905) Audacious (1912) Arethusa (1913) Amethyst (1903) Carnarvon (1903) Aurora (1913) Canopus (1897) Black Prince (1904) Cressy (1899) Duke of Edinburgh (1904) Beaver (1911) Bellerophon (1907) Collingwood (1908) Falmouth 1910 Formidable (1898) Drake (1901) Highflyer (1898) Good Hope (1901) Indefatigable (1909) Lowestoft (1913) Kent (1901) Monmouth (1901) Melbourne 1912 Vanguard (1909) Temeraire (1907) Warrior (1905) Weymouth 1910 (HMS) New Zealand (1904) Undaunted (1914) Natal (1905) Lurcher (1912) Queen (1902) Triumph (1903) Swiftsure (1903) |
| Date made: | 1914-1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 452 x 435 mm |
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