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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/643/full</value></field><field label="Registration Number" name="invno"><value>MMM 001512</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>H.M.S Chivalrous Pattern Badge</value></field><field label="Classification(s)" name="classifications"><value>Badges</value></field><field label="Period" name="period"><value>20th century</value></field><field label="Begin Date" name="beginDate"><value>0</value></field><field label="End Date" name="endDate"><value>0</value></field><field label="Primary Maker" name="primaryMaker"><value>Malta Dry Docks</value></field><field label="Artist / Maker / Culture" name="people"><value>Malta Dry Docks</value></field><field label="Width" name="width"><value>16.5000000000</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>The badge is circle-shaped, and depicts an elaborately wrought horseshoe with two halberds darted across it, mounted on a rope tied together, forming a circle. The border of the badge is elevated, mimicking a stranded rope. On its uppermost part, we find the vessel's name in a rectangular box, topped with a naval crown.

Launched in June 1945, H.M.S Chivalrous belonged to the Ch-class destroyers of the Royal Navy. In the post-WW2 years, the vessel served in the Mediterranean.</value></field><field label="Depth" name="depth"><value>21.0000000000</value></field><field label="Inscriptions" name="inscribed"><value>On recto, "CHIVALROUS". On verso, bottom, in pencil "A16".</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>Overall: 16.5 × 21 cm, 0.7 kg</value></field><field label="Museum" name="department"><value>Malta Maritime Museum</value></field><field label="Alternate ID Numbers" name="altNums"><value>81772</value><value>EEA.1845</value><value>21041-2</value></field><field label="Public Access" name="onview"><value>0</value></field><field label="Object Type" name="textEntriesObjecttype"><value>Pattern Badge; Crest Badge</value></field><field label="Node" name="node"><value>Heritage Malta</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>104</value></field><field label="Material" name="textEntriesMaterial"><value>Aluminium</value></field><field label="Technique" name="textEntriesTechnique"><value>Cast in aluminium</value></field></object>