NAM.1984-03-4-1

Proficiency badge, embroidered, 1867. Queen's Sixty competition (National Rifle Association). On a faded blue cloth ground, the embroidered design: in silver thread an oval circlet bordered with twisted silver wire, bearing the title, 'National Rifle Association'. Within the circlet, on a scarlet cloth ground, a scroll in gold thread bordered with twisted silver wire, bearing in silver wire and black thread the title, 'Wimbledon'. Below the scroll, in silver (or possibly rubbed gold) wire, the date, '1867'. The whole surmounted by an Imperial crown in silver and gold wire and thread. Upon the backing paper is marked in black ink, 'Queen's 60'. From a collection of seventeen embroidered proficiency badges awarded to Lt Col J W Rimington, 2nd City of London Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1867-1874.