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Silver arm badge from Deptford Regatta, 1830
Oval silver arm badge (brassard) won as a prize in the Deptford Regatta, 1830.
The badge is embossed with a standing figure of blind justice holding a sword in her right hand and scales in her left, with her eyes bound. Below is a figure rowing a waterman's skiff. The border of the badge is engraved 'SUCCESS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE DEPTFORD REGATTA. 1830'.
On the back are four sets of holes for attaching to the sleeve of a waterman's prize coat.
The badge is embossed with a standing figure of blind justice holding a sword in her right hand and scales in her left, with her eyes bound. Below is a figure rowing a waterman's skiff. The border of the badge is engraved 'SUCCESS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE DEPTFORD REGATTA. 1830'.
On the back are four sets of holes for attaching to the sleeve of a waterman's prize coat.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0250 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Arm badge |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Richard William Atkins; William Nathaniel Somersall |
| Places: | London |
| Events: | Deptford Regatta, 1830 |
| Date made: | 1827; 1827-1828 1827-28 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 165 x 115 x 25 mm |