Official boat badge of HMS Iroquois
The boat badge of HMS 'Iroquois' 1918. The official design approved in July 1922. On a green field the head of a native North American wearing a feather headress. The badge is a diamond shape with a gold rope twist border representing an auxiliary. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'IROQUOIS' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Iroquois' was a minesweeping sloop launched in 1918. She was used as a survey ship in 1922 and was sold in 1937.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA1970 |
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Collection: | Ship Badges |
Type: | Boat badge |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Iroquois 1918 (HMS) |
Date made: | After 1922 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 165 x 160 x 15 mm |