Company Treasures
Browse the extensive collection of Shipwrights' treasures collected over the years.
Browse the extensive collection of Shipwrights' treasures collected over the years.
Two rows of twenty four 9ct. gold links joined by reef knots, with at the foot a clasp in form of a dolphin from which the badge may be suspended.
The first link of the outer row is inscribed:
THIS CHAIN
FOR USE WITH
THE PRIME WARDEN’S BADGE
WAS PRESENTED BY
MAJOR GEN. G.S. SZLUMPER C.B.E.
TO COMMEMORATE HIS YEAR OF OFFICE
AS PRIME WARDEN
1947-48.
The first link of the inner row is inscribed:
THE INNER ROW OF LINKS IN THIS CHAIN WAS PRESENTED
BY SIR W. NICHOLAS CAYZER Bt. SECOND WARDEN 1967.
In 1987 the links of the outer row were removed, placed in a blue leather storage case, and replaced by new blank links for future use.
The links in the storage case are inscribed, first row:
REAR ADMIRAL
THE EARL
MOUNTBATTEN
OF BURMA K.G.
1948-49
SIR WILLIAM C CURRIE CBE
1949-1950
SIR STANLEY V GOODALL
KCB OBE
1950-1951
THE HON GEOFFREY L PARSONS
1951-1952
Second Row:
SIR HAROLD F FLANNERY
BT MBE
1952-1953
SIR G LEIGHTON SEAGER
Bt CBE DL JP
PRIME WARDEN
1953-54
HRH PRINCE PHILIP KG
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
1954-1955
SIR DENYS LOWSON Bt MA
1955-1956
SIR RONALD D GARRETT
1956-1957
Third Row:
SIR ERNEST H MURRANT
KCMG MBE
1957-1958
SIR CHARLES G LILLICRAP
KCB MBE
1958-1959
SIR WILFRED AYRE JP
1959-1960
SIR HENRY C BREWER MBE
1960-1961
SIR JAMES A MILNE CBE
1961-1962
Fourth Row:
J A BILLMEIR CBE
1952-1952
SIR RALPH METCALFE
1953-1954
LIEUT COMDR DAWSON R MILLER
CBE RN
1964-1965
SIR CHARLES CONNELL DL
1965-1966
R B SHEPHEARD ESQ CBE BSc
1966-1967
(084/1948)