Badge commemorating the peace between Argentine and Chilean navies
Badge commemorating the peace between Argentine and Chilean navies. Obverse: Half-length figures of two sailors conjoined, left arm of the further around the shoulder of the nearer, in jumpers and caps; inscribed 'O'HIGGINS' and 'SAN MARTIN.' (Ships of the Chilean and Argentine navies respectively.) Reverse: A spray of foilage tied with ribbon. Inscription: '25 MAYO 1903.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2620 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Badge |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bellagamba; Rossi |
| Vessels: | O'Higgins fl.1903 (Chilean); San Martin (1896) |
| Date made: | 1903 |
| People: | Chilean Navy; Argentine Navy Bellagamba Rossi |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 31 mm |