Widnes Coat-of-Arms Pattern Badge
Manufacturer
Malta Dry Docks
1963 - 2010
Classification(s)
Object TypePattern Badge; Coat-of-arms
Registration NumberMMM 001496
DescriptionThis is a pattern badge made entirely of wood. The original coat-of-arms of Widnes represents Quarterly Argent and Azure a Cross per cross quarterly counterchanged in the first and fourth quarters a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper and in the second and third a Beehive between four bees volant saltirewise Or. The motto is "INDUSTRIA DITAT" which means "industry enriches". The red roses refer to the Lancashire County connection, whilst the bees are emblems of the industry. The production of this pattern badge could be related to HMS Widnes (1918), a hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, paid off at Malta on 28 November 1919, and re-commissioned with reserve twice at Malta on 26 September 1929, and then 13 January 1937.MaterialWood
Dimensions24.5 x 19 x 1.5 cmAlternate ID Numbers
- Inventory Card 21009-10
- EEA Norway Grant EEA.2271
- HM Object Number 84305
Online Collections
Public Access
Not on viewMuseumMalta Maritime Museum
Location
- Malta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection
MMM 003900
1741-1773
Armaments / Artillery
