Five items of Railway Queen's regalia

Railway Queen's regalia

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Railway Queen's regalia
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Five items of Railway Queen's regalia

Details

Category:
Railway Uniform & Costume
Object Number:
1990-7590
type:
items
credit:
Trustees of the Railway Queen Regalia

Parts

Velvet Railway Queen gown, blue and gold

Velvet Railway Queen gown, blue and gold

Velvet gown, Railway Queen's blue velvet gown with gold trim.

Measurements:
overall: 24 kg
Object Number:
1990-7590 Pt1
type:
robes
The International Chain for Railway Queens

The International Chain for Railway Queens

Chain of Office, 9ct gold, "The International Chain", worn by Railway Queens, each link shaped like a screw coupling donated by the country visited by the Railway Queen.

Measurements:
overall: 420 mm x 110 mm
Materials:
gold (metal) and enamel
Object Number:
1990-7590 Pt2
type:
chain of office
British Railways chain of office presented 1957

British Railways chain of office presented 1957

Chain of Office, silver gilt, "British Railways Chain", worn by Britain's Railway Queens, depicts emblem of British Railways, presented by British Transport Commission in 1957. Made by Deakin & Francis, Birmingham, 1956. Overall: 376 mm x 48 mm.

Measurements:
overall: 376 mm 48 mm,
Materials:
silver gilt and enamel
Object Number:
1990-7590 Pt3
type:
chain of office
Gold bar presented to Dorothy Northwood, Railway Queen, 1944

Gold bar presented to Dorothy Northwood, Railway Queen, 1944

Gold bar dated 1944, in presentation box, presented by Czechoslovakia to Railway Queen Dorothy Northwood, G.W.R. Engraved. Bar: 13 mm x 60 mm x 6 mm; box: 22 mm x 216 mm x 43 mm.

Materials:
gold (metal) , leatherette , wood (unidentified) , textile and velvet
Object Number:
1990-7590 Pt5
type:
gold bar