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HMCS Algonquin
Item
1 plaque : metal, wood, paint ; 65.5 x 49.5 x 5
Ship's badge for the HMCS Algonquin featuring water (a base of barry wavy argent and azure) from which rises an Algonquin's right arm wearing wrist and arm bands and holding a spear piercing an eel.
Fair (extensive surface accretion).
The HMCS Algonquin (R17) was originally laid down for the Royal Navy in 1942 as the HMS Valentine and was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944.