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Report a Mistake- Object Number 19810080-002
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1939-1945 Battle of the Atlantic - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1944-1965
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/11/18
- Latest 1965/06/23
- Materials Brass
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Unit HMCS Inch Arran
- Measurements Length 26.5 in, Width 23.0 in
- Caption Ship's Badge, HMCS Inch Arran
- Additional Information This badge for the frigate HMCS Inch Arran is an example of a formally designed and approved post-war ship's badge. Following the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy created official ship's badges, often called crests. Drawing on more formal heraldic symbols, these badges replaced widely used but unofficial wartime versions. In the case of Inch Arran, named after Inch Arran Point in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, the badge includes references to the history of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, after which the point was named, and to the province's flag.