Original Royal Navy HMS Brave Screen Badge - 1943. A very rare and collectable bronze screen badge with original paint , in original condition. HMS Brave was a turbine engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper built by Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Northumberland.

HMS Brave took part in Operation Dragoon, which was the Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944, during World War II. The invasion was initiated by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, with a follow-up force made up primarily of the French First Army. Despite being a large and complex military operation with a well executed amphibious and airborne component, Operation Dragoon still remains largely unknown to this day.

To Note: This screen badge came from the infamous Ferrers Walker collection. Mr Ferrers Walker spent a lifetime collecting the largest and most significant WW1 and WW2 Naval history artefacts. He gave his collection to Portsmouth Naval Museum to exhibit.

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A Note from TM Owner, Mark Jameson -

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