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Unofficial gun tompion for HMS Lion
Gun tompion HMS 'Lion' 1910. It is cast with the unofficial ship's badge which depicts a lion standing on a rock facing 3/4 to the viewers right. The animal is shown in a naturalistic rather than a heraldic manner. With the motto above: 'CONCORDAT NOMINE FACTA' (the facts agree with the name.) The official badge showing a rampant lion was introduce in 1919.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA1757 |
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| Collection: | Ship Badges |
| Type: | Gun tompion |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916 |
| Vessels: | Lion (1910) |
| Date made: | 1910-1919; circa 1912 |
| People: | Beatty, David |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Earl Beatty Collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1983. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 105 mm;Diameter: 510 mm |