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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/650/full</value></field><field label="Registration Number" name="invno"><value>MMM 001521</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>H.M.S Talent 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 a pair of finely wrought scales. Talent used to be an ancient measure of weight. 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 February 1945 and originally named HMS Tasman, HMS Talent belonged to the second group of the T-class submarines of the Royal Navy. The vessel served in the Far East as well as the Mediterranean</value></field><field label="Depth" name="depth"><value>21.0000000000</value></field><field label="Inscriptions" name="inscribed"><value>On recto "TALENT".</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>Overall: 16.5 × 21 cm, 0.6 kg</value></field><field label="Museum" name="department"><value>Malta Maritime Museum</value></field><field label="Alternate ID Numbers" name="altNums"><value>81771</value><value>EEA.1848</value><value>21057-8</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>112</value></field><field label="Material" name="textEntriesMaterial"><value>Aluminium</value></field><field label="Technique" name="textEntriesTechnique"><value>Cast in aluminium</value></field></object>