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H.M.S. Porlock Bay (ships badge)

Collection:
- Industrial and Maritime History
- purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Maritime Museum 1985
Maker: Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.
Date made: 1946

Cast brass ship's badge mounted on a mahogany plinth, a copy of the badge fitted by Charles Hill & Sons to HMS Porlock Bay 1945

Object Details

Object number

J3163

Materials

brass & mahogany

Place made

Subjects

Second World War

Provenance

purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Maritime Museum 1985

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