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Official boat badge of HMS Sterling
The boat badge of HMS 'Sterling' 1918. The official design approved in April 1919. It depicts on a red field, a gold pound sterling sign. The ship was to be called after Vice Admiral Charles Stirling (1760-1833) but a clerical error was allowed to remain. The badge is shield-shaped with a gold rope twist border representing an destroyer. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'STERLING' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Sterling' was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and broken up in 1932.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA1979 |
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| Collection: | Ship Badges |
| Type: | Boat badge |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Sterling (1918) |
| Date made: | After 1919 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 140 x 130 x 20 mm |