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Handkerchief
Linen handkerchief embroidered in the centre with a yellow airship, bearing a red/white/blue flag, beneath two shields diagonally opposite, one showing the union jack, the other a white ensign. In the top left and right hand corner are embroidered wings, British aircraft, in yellow and white thread, in bottom corners. Embroidered inscription: 'FROM SHOTLEY R-N-A-S-O 1917 MERRY CHRISTMAS' (Royal Naval Air Service). Embroidered by Reginald Gibling, a telegraphist in HMS 'Ganges'.
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Object Details
| ID: | TXT0286 |
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| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Handkerchief |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Ganges (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1917 |
| People: | Gibling, Reginald; Royal Naval Air Service |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 500 x 500 mm |