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Description: | The boat badge HMS 'Folkestone' 1930. An official pattern approved in July 1929. On wavelets silver and a green, a medieval ship in gold. The design derives from the seal of the town. The badge is diamond-shaped with a rope twist border representing a naval auxiliary. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'FOLKESTONE' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Folkestone' was a Hastings-class sloop built by Swan-Hunter in 1930. She was broken up in 1947.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Folkestone 1930 (HMS) boat badges | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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