{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"32"},"period":{"label":"Period","value":"20th century"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"0"},"invno":{"label":"Registration Number","value":"MMM 000164"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"This is the badge of the JDS Katori (TV-3501), a Japanese ship which served for training launched in November 1968. This vessel forms part of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force. This force visited Malta on 23 September 1991, as part of a training cruise which visited fourteen countries in total. Along with JDS Katori, there were also the destroyers JDS Hatsuyuki (DD122) and JDS Yamayuki (DD129). As indicated on the plaque, this was \u2018presented by Commanding Officer of TV-3501 Katori, in 1991 when it visited Malta.\r\n\r\nThe metal badge contains a traditional Japanese gate, better known as the torii. The words \u2018OVERSEAS TRAINING CRUISE JDS TV 3501\u2019 are located at the two horizontal beams which top the structure resting on the two cylindrical vertical posts. The name of the ship \u2018KATORI\u2019 below, both in the English script and in Japanese \u2018香取\u2019. On a field Argent, a statant gold dragon. Beneath it, a feather and a sword are placed, crossing each other. The plaque is mounted onto a wooden plaque as a commemorative piece."},"onview":{"label":"Public Access","value":"0"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Japan Maritime Self Defence Force Torpedo Vessel Katori (TV 3501) Badge"},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":["Badges"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"0"},"node":{"label":"Node","value":"Heritage Malta"},"textEntriesObjecttype":{"label":"Object Type","value":["Ship Badge; Commemorative Badge"]},"textEntriesMaterial":{"label":"Material","value":["Wood, metal"]},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/540/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["27.0000000000"]},"inscribed":{"label":"Inscriptions","value":"On recto \"Overseas Training Cruise JDS TV 3501 KATORI\" with bronze plaque reading \"Presented by Commanding Officer TV 3501 Katori 1991\"."},"textEntriesTechnique":{"label":"Technique","value":["Cast in metal, on wooden plaque"]},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.8000000000"]},"altNums":{"label":"Alternate ID Numbers","value":["82387","EEA.1285","6935-6","289"]},"locations":{"label":"Location","value":["Malta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection"]},"department":{"label":"Museum","value":"Malta Maritime Museum"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Overall: 21.8 × 27 cm, 1.2 kg"}}]}