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Badge commemorating the Congress of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 1897
Badge commemorating the Congress of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 1897. Obverse: Shield bearing the device of a sea creature (a Nautilus) floating on waves, behind a rayed sun rising from the sea; the shield is surmounted by a naval crown and trident head, and supported by two dolphins with oak sprays above them. Reverse: A trident, inscription below. 'INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS FOUNDED A.D.1860.' Box: 'BADGE CONGRESS OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS & MARINE ENGINEERS'. Suspended from a red and blue ribbon bow, with date 1897 thereon. With spare blue ribbon bow. In card box of issue.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2773 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Badge |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Allan |
| Events: | Congress for the Institution of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, 1897 |
| Date made: | 1897 |
| People: | Institution of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 27 mm |
| Parts: | Badge commemorating the Congress of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers 1897 |