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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2236 |
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| 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 |