拍品專文
A cruiser/carrier, H.M.S. Vindictive was originally named Cavendish but renamed after launch to commemorate her predecessor, a cruiser of 1897, which sank as a blockade ship in 1918 at Ostend.
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細節
The ship's badge for H.M.S. Vindictive, circa 1918
hexagonally cast in bronze and depicting a scimitar wielded by an arm from a cloud, 'grommet' border with name and naval crown over, finished in blue, white, gold, 'flesh' and other colours -- 20½in. (52cm.)
See illustration
hexagonally cast in bronze and depicting a scimitar wielded by an arm from a cloud, 'grommet' border with name and naval crown over, finished in blue, white, gold, 'flesh' and other colours -- 20½in. (52cm.)
See illustration
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