Blockade Runners War Badge

Uniface. Within a cable border, port bow view of a liner, showing bridge, funnel and foremast; an eagle and swastika at the bow; water (L). Instituted April 1941 for crews of Merchant vessels who succeeded in bringing their ships back home or scuttled them to avoid enemy capture, who managed to get back home after their ship was sunk or who were wounded as a result of enemy action]. Fitted with a pin.

Object Details

ID: MED0703
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War badge
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War II, 1939-1945
Date made: 1941
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 49 mm