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Description: | Oval silver arm badge (brassard) won as a prize in the Deptford Regatta, 1830.
The badge is embossed with a standing figure of blind justice holding a sword in her right hand and scales in her left, with her eyes bound. Below is a figure rowing a waterman's skiff. The border of the badge is engraved 'SUCCESS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE DEPTFORD REGATTA. 1830'.
On the back are four sets of holes for attaching to the sleeve of a waterman's prize coat.
caption: Arm badge
caption: Arm badges | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | badges | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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