Great Britain/USA

(2 men's hands; tassel above each flag & behind hands)


There are three versions of this design, as shown below.
 
Image of silk associated with these Hands Across the Seas postcards

 

 

Version A:

  1. The ropes, tassles and poles are in yellow coloured silk.
  2. The flag pole terminates on the cuff of the left sleeve.
  3. Left hand sleeve is slightly longer.
  4. The rope above the right flag terminates against the blue area.
  5. The lower red points on both flags are pointing less downwards.
  6. Both flags finish level with the middle of the arms.
Image of silk associated with these Hands Across the Seas postcards

 

 

Version B:

  1. The ropes, tassles and poles are in yellow coloured silk.
  2. The flag pole terminates part way along the left sleeve.
  3. Left hand sleeve is slightly shorter.
  4. The rope above the right flag terminates against a star.
  5. The lower red points on both flags are pointing more downwards.
  6. Both flags finish level with the bottom of the arms, closer to the bottom of the silk.
Image of silk associated with these Hands Across the Seas postcards

 

Version D:

  1. The ropes and tassles are in red coloured silk, and the poles in blue.
  2. The flag pole terminates part way along the left sleeve.
  3. Left hand sleeve is slightly longer.
  4. The rope above the right flag terminates against a star.
  5. The lower red points on both flags are pointing more downwards.
  6. Both flags finish level with the bottom of the arms, closer to the bottom of the silk.
  7. The tassles below the hands are further apart.
  8. The rope on the left passes behind the flag at the red band.
 
 
{Note: Version C exists on the man's and woman's hands version only.}


This silk has been recorded with the Hands Across the Seas postcards having the following ship's names:-
Catalogue
Number
Recorded by
John High
Name of Ship
sh480 * (no ship name)
sh484 * RMS Adriatic
sh492 * RMS " Adriatic "
sh494   SS Adriatic
sh496 * RMS Alaunia
sh500 * RMS Andania
sh504 * RMS Aquitania
sh508 * RMS Arabic
sh510 * SS Arabic
sh512   TSS Assyria
sh514   RMS Baltic
sh524 * RMS Berengaria
sh526   SS Caledonia
sh527   TSS Caledonia
sh528 * SS California
sh532 * TSS Cameronia
sh536 * RMS Campania
sh544 * SS Canopic
sh546   RMS Carmania
sh552 * RMS Caronia
sh558   RMS Carpathia
sh564 * RMS Cedric
sh568   SS Cedric
sh572 * RMS Celtic
sh582   SS Celtic
sh592 * SS Columbia
sh596 * TSS Columbia
sh600 * RMS Cymric
sh604 * SS Cymric
sh608 * RMS Dominion
sh612 * SS Dominion
sh616 * RMS Empress of Britain
sh620 * RMS Etruria
sh628 * RMS Franconia
sh632 * SS Friesland
sh634   RMS Haverford
sh636 * SS Haverford
sh640 * RMS Imperator
sh644 * RMS Ivernia
sh652 * RMS Laconia
sh656 * SS Lake Manitoba
sh660 * RMS Lapland
sh664 * RMS Laurentic
sh668 * RMS Lucania
sh676 * RMS Lusitania
sh684 * RMS Majestic
sh688 * RMS Mauretania
sh692 * RMS Megantic
sh696 * RMS Melita
sh700 * SS Merion
sh708 * SS Minnewaska
sh712 * ATL Minnewaska
sh720 * RMS Oceanic
sh726   RMS "Oceanic"
sh728 * RMS Olympic
sh732 * RMS "Olympic"
sh736 * RMS Orduna
sh740 * RMS Pannonia
sh742   RMS Parisian
sh744 * SS Philadelphia
sh748 * USMS Philadelphia
sh752 * RMS Regina
sh756 * SS Republic
sh764 * SS Romanic
sh768 * RMS Royal George
sh776 * USMS St. Louis
sh780 * USMS St. Paul
sh784 * RMS Samaria
sh788 * RMS Saxonia
sh796 * RMS Scythia
sh800 * RMS Teutonic
sh806   RMS Titanic
sh807   RMS Transylvania
sh808 * HMT Transylvania
sh810   RMS Tunisian
sh812 * RMS Umbria
sh820 * SS Winifredian
sh822   RMS Zeeland

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This page was created on 29 October 2000
and updated on 19 February 2017. Titanic added 29 December 2017. Tunisian added 27 September 2021

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