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P&O Line Gold Bullion Thread Merchant Navy Uniform Badge

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P&O Line

c. 1914

Overview

One P&O Line (Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) gold bullion thread Merchant Navy uniform badge. Nine point ‘rising sun’ motif in gold thread on black cloth and mounted on cardboard.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.2.26

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

45 mm

Height or length

25 mm

Depth

8 mm

Weight

3 g

Contextual information

During the First World War the P&O Line (Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) passenger ships were requisitioned by the British Government and converted to troop carriers, (HMATs) and hospital ships. The HMAT Pera was one of the P&O steamship’s involved and was used to transport troops and horses during the war. Merchant seaman Raymond Parker WARBURTON was employed as an Electrical Engineer on the ‘Pera’. Raymond was on board when the ‘Pera’ formed part of the first convey, sailing from Albany Western Australia on the 1st November 1914.

Keywords

Merchant Marine Officer

First World War

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Friday, 23 January, 2026

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