Maritime Ship Badges

The Malta Maritime Museum houses an impressive collection of badges, including those from naval forces around the world. They generally feature crests and insignias. Together, these artefacts highlight Malta’s rich naval heritage and its enduring links to seafarers who have navigated these waters for centuries. Each badge reflects a vessel or military unit’s history, identity, and ties to Malta.

Largely commemorating naval vessels that have visited Malta over the years, such badges are typically presented by the ship’s captain as a gesture of goodwill and to mark their visit to the Maritime Museum. However, select badges in this collection were also specially crafted by skilled workers at the Malta Dry Docks.