/internal/media/dispatcher/480/fullMMM 000841Dutch Submarine HNLMS Walrus BadgeBadges20th century00Hooymayers, HollandHooymayers, Holland15.0000000000Badge of Walrus-class Submarine HNLMS Walrus (S 802), vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The badge features the ship's motto in a banner, ‘tand om tand’, which is translated from Dutch to ‘tooth for tooth’. The motto was adapted from the Old Testament, implying the retaliation of the submarine against enemy attack. In the middle, on a field Argent, a head of a walrus all proper on a blue wavy division of field. Two black anchors cross each other and lie behind the circular part of the badge. At the top lies a naval crown.17.4000000000On recto "TAND OM TAND". On verso, written in black ink, top, left "REG. 914 MM/841 9296-7" and note at centre, in black ink "Presented to Mr. A. Espinosa Rodriguez by Jeroem van Faalen CO of HNLMS WALRUS MALTA 14 April 1996".Overall: 15 × 17.4 cm, 0.2 kgMalta Maritime MuseumMalta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection824079296-7914EEA.12630Crest Badge; Ship Badge; Commemorative BadgeHeritage Malta62Wood, resin, paintInjection moulding.Netherlands