Crossing the Line
Title
Crossing the Line
Description
A certificate awarded to Rex on crossing the Equator. Issued on board HMT Yoma.
Date
1941-04-10
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Type
Format
One typed sheet
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Contributor
Identifier
SSearleROJ615463v10001
Transcription
[underlined] H.M.T. “YOMA” PROCEEDING TO DARKEST AFRICA THROUGH THE DOMAIN OF HIS IMPERIAL NAUTICAL MAJESTY, NEPTUNE, KING OF THE SEVEN SEAS. [/underlined]
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WE, THE UNDERSIGNED SEND GREETINGS.
Whereas on the Tenth day of April, in this year of Grace, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty one, in the Court of His imperial Nautical Majesty, Neptuno Rex Ormond John Searle by his Most Gracious Command, has been awarded the Freedom of the Seven Seas. At a vast gathering of our people, he did show great gallantry when undergoing the rigid tests necessary for the awarding of the above Freedom and accordingly henceforth he is entitled to all the privileges my subjects enjoy throughout my domain.
[signature] Neptune Rex
[signature] Keeper of the Nauticle Archives.
[signature] Witnessed.
Wing Commander, Officer Commanding Troops.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WE, THE UNDERSIGNED SEND GREETINGS.
Whereas on the Tenth day of April, in this year of Grace, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty one, in the Court of His imperial Nautical Majesty, Neptuno Rex Ormond John Searle by his Most Gracious Command, has been awarded the Freedom of the Seven Seas. At a vast gathering of our people, he did show great gallantry when undergoing the rigid tests necessary for the awarding of the above Freedom and accordingly henceforth he is entitled to all the privileges my subjects enjoy throughout my domain.
[signature] Neptune Rex
[signature] Keeper of the Nauticle Archives.
[signature] Witnessed.
Wing Commander, Officer Commanding Troops.
Collection
Citation
“Crossing the Line,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/20661.
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