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Official boat badge HMS Folkestone
The boat badge HMS 'Folkestone' 1930. An official pattern approved in July 1929. On wavelets silver and a green, a medieval ship in gold. The design derives from the seal of the town. The badge is diamond-shaped with a rope twist border representing a naval auxiliary. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'FOLKESTONE' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Folkestone' was a Hastings-class sloop built by Swan-Hunter in 1930. She was broken up in 1947.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA1954 |
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| Collection: | Ship Badges |
| Type: | Boat badge |
| Display location: | Display - Neptune Court |
| Vessels: | Folkestone (1930) |
| Date made: | 1929-1947; 1929-47 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 160 x 160 x 15 mm |
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