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<object xmlns:xs="//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><field label="PrimaryMedia" name="primaryMedia"><value>/internal/media/dispatcher/628/full</value></field><field label="Registration Number" name="invno"><value>MMM 001481</value></field><field label="Title" name="title"><value>H.M.S Comet Pattern Badge</value></field><field label="Classification(s)" name="classifications"><value>Badges</value></field><field label="Period" name="period"><value>20th century</value></field><field label="Begin Date" name="beginDate"><value>0</value></field><field label="End Date" name="endDate"><value>0</value></field><field label="Primary Maker" name="primaryMaker"><value>Malta Dry Docks</value></field><field label="Artist / Maker / Culture" name="people"><value>Malta Dry Docks</value></field><field label="Width" name="width"><value>12.4000000000</value></field><field label="Description" name="description"><value>The pattern for the ship's badge is round, made up of two brown, concentric wooden circles of different tonality, one on top of the other. It represents a comet, its head made up of eight diamond shapes and small circles around them, the tail of six wavy lines.

The Royal Navy used the word comet 18 times. Two of them, one (H00) launched in 1931 and one (R26) launched in June 1944, were both C-class destroyers of the Royal Navy.</value></field><field label="Depth" name="depth"><value>12.4000000000</value></field><field label="Inscriptions" name="inscribed"><value>On verso, in black ink "Comet Crests for ships names 10 No. G.M 21-2-57 M.C.D".</value></field><field label="Dimensions" name="dimensions"><value>Overall: 12.4 × 12.4 cm, 0.1 kg</value></field><field label="Museum" name="department"><value>Malta Maritime Museum</value></field><field label="Location" name="locations"><value>Malta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection</value></field><field label="Alternate ID Numbers" name="altNums"><value>81783</value><value>EEA.1812</value><value>20980-1</value></field><field label="Public Access" name="onview"><value>0</value></field><field label="Object Type" name="textEntriesObjecttype"><value>Pattern Badge</value></field><field label="Node" name="node"><value>Heritage Malta</value></field><field label="Source ID" name="sourceId"><value>93</value></field><field label="Material" name="textEntriesMaterial"><value>Wood</value></field><field label="Technique" name="textEntriesTechnique"><value>Carved in wood.</value></field></object>