HMS RANIMBLA ROYAL NAVY PENNANT - BRITISH NAVAL ENSIGN CIRCA 1940S-1960S

A STRIKING NAVAL PENNANT FROM HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP RANIMBLA, RENDERED IN TRADITIONAL ROYAL NAVY COLOURS OF NAVY BLUE AND GOLD. THIS ELONGATED TRIANGULAR PENNANT FEATURES THE DISTINCTIVE NAVAL CROWN AND ROPE-CIRCLED NAVAL ENSIGN EMBLEM CHARACTERISTIC OF ROYAL NAVY VESSELS OF THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- VESSEL: HMS RANIMBLA
- TYPE: NAVAL PENNANT (SHIP'S COMMISSIONING PENNANT)
- PRIMARY MATERIAL: WOOL FELT IN NAVY BLUE
- SECONDARY MATERIAL: RED COTTON BINDING TO HOIST EDGE,
- DIMENSIONS: APPROXIMATELY 19 CM HOIST × 63 CM FLY
- EMBLEM: CROWNED NAVAL ENSIGN WITH ROPE CIRCLE AND SHIP'S NAME IN GOTHIC LETTERING
- MOTTO: APPEARS TO READ 'CRU HAVOC' ON BANNER BENEATH EMBLEM

CONDITION: GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THE NAVY BLUE FELT RETAINS STRONG COLOUR SATURATION. GOLD PRINT AND LETTERING REMAIN BRIGHT AND LEGIBLE. RED BINDING IS INTACT WITH NO FRAYING OR SEPARATION. MINOR SURFACE SOILING AND LIGHT CREASING CONSISTENT WITH STORAGE AND AGE. SOME TEARS, HOLES, OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE PENNANT BODY. THE PIECE SHOWS HONEST WEAR FROM ITS SERVICE HISTORY RATHER THAN RESTORATION.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT: NAVAL PENNANTS SUCH AS THIS WERE FLOWN FROM THE MAST OF COMMISSIONED ROYAL NAVY VESSELS AND SERVED AS IDENTIFYING MARKERS DURING THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE RANIMBLA WAS A VESSEL OF THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS PENNANT REPRESENTS AN AUTHENTIC ARTEFACT OF BRITISH NAVAL HERITAGE AND WOULD APPEAL TO NAVAL HISTORIANS, MARITIME COLLECTORS, AND THOSE WITH FAMILY CONNECTIONS TO ROYAL NAVY SERVICE.

DISPLAY AND PROVENANCE: THE PENNANT IS SUITABLE FOR DISPLAY IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM CONSERVATION-STANDARD FRAMING TO PRESERVE THE FELT AND PREVENT FURTHER LIGHT EXPOSURE. NO DOCUMENTATION OF PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP ACCOMPANIES THE LOT, THOUGH THE PIECE SHOWS SIGNS OF CAREFUL STORAGE RATHER THAN ACTIVE USE.

Item Size: Height: 19cm, Width: 62cm, Depth: 0.01cm, Weight: 0.03Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

TOORMINA
548799+18

Location of item: 9 Hi-Tech Drive, Toormina, NSW, Australia

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