/internal/media/dispatcher/6501/fullMMM 001496Widnes Coat-of-Arms Pattern BadgeBadges00Malta Dry DocksMalta Dry DocksThis 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 1937.24.5 x 19 x 1.5 cmMalta Maritime MuseumMalta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection21009-10EEA.2271843050Pattern Badge; Coat-of-armsHeritage Malta814Wood