Lapel badge of the International Congress of the History of the Discoveries, Lisbon, 1960

Lapel badge of the International Congress of the History of the Discoveries, Lisbon, 1960. Square badge mounted on a rectangular base pierced for a member's name (D.W. Waters). A blue lateen sail bearing two sets of stars; top, the Plough; bottom, the Southern Cross. In the top right corner the arms of Prince Henry, in the top left the masthead pennant in white bearing a Latin cross superimposed on a scarlet Maltese cross. The whole surrounded by an inscription in Portuguese of the name of the Congress 'congresso : internacional : de : historia : dos : descobrimentos MCCCCL MDCCCCL' interspersed with the same double cross as is on the pennant.

Object Details

ID: MEC2236
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Lapel badge
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: International Congress of the History of Discoveries, 1960; Death of Henry the Navigator, 1460
Date made: 1960
People: Prince Henry, Duke of Viseu
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 10 x 45 x 50 mm
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