/internal/media/dispatcher/5937/fullH.M.S Meon Pattern Badge1 December 1954[Malta Dry Docks]Malta Dry DocksA round pattern badge for H.M.S Meon. It represents a chevron charged with a plate thereon a rose barbed and seeded. H.M.S Meon was named after a Hampshire river which runs through Wykeham, birthplace of William of Wykeham (1324-1404) Bishop of Winchester. In fact, the representation of this badge is part of his coat-of-arms. The rose is a county emblem. The badge's perimeter is a raised rope, and it is topped by a naval crown.Badgeshttps://emuseum.heritagemalta.mt/objects/304/rdf