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Unknown Maritime Cap Badges
Hi all, Anyone able to identify the two cap badges below?
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I think that the 1st is P&O petty officer(????) and the 2nd is HONG KONG MARITIME (????)
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I thought Hong Kong Marine to for the second one but do you know what the Honk Kong Marine was? with the queens crown I assume it must have been a naval/military/government department and not a merchant or commercial service? Regards Tony |
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The first one is RNLI I think, second one I thought was Hong Kong Marine, not sure who they are though.
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Its the first rnli one that i was getting it confused with
Is the hkm badge a possible fantasy badge? I have only seen reference to them on ebay. Google searches only seem to go back to ebay too. Phil
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I believe that the HONG KONG MARINE/MARITIME is a type of "TA" that were in HK during the British rule.
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Some kind of naval reserve/militia or naval/maritime cadet unit? I just have no idea but somehow feel its not a fantasy item! As for the first one, I think there is an assumption it is British and not a commonwealth item from Australia, New Zealand or Canada (it looks too new to be from Britains other commonwealth territories in Africa, the Caribbean or Aisia as these mostly became independent in the 1950's/60's), once again with the queens crown a government department seems likely and with the rope around the flag it would seem logical (but not certain) that it is a maritime related badge or it could be a yacht/ sailing/boat club, many of which have the title "Royal" though how many are permited to use a crown I dont know? There is a suprising similarity to the RNLI Crew badge even to the point of the same shape to the flag but totally different colours! Just some thoughts but for now it would seem it will remain unidentified! Last edited by sailorbear; 01-03-13 at 03:20 PM. |
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http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=281075270794 it seems this seller has IDed the first badge.
Phil
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Rgds, Thomas. |
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Regards Tony |
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Unidentified Marine Badges
As regards the second, HKM,badge - have a look at www.mardep.gov.hk
which details the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Government,responsible for all aspects of Port Control and has its' own fleet. The badge is not connected with the Marine District of the Hong Kong Police,which incidentally has more hulls on the water than the Royal Navy. |
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