Superb Solid Bronze Royal Navy HMS Marne Gun Tampion C.1914

HMS Marne was an Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the RN, commissioned in 1915.

For much of WW1, the destroyer escorted merchant ships in convoys and Royal Navy warships, but was also involved in the rescue of crew from the battleship HMS King Edward VII in 1916. The destroyer also took part in the Battle of Jutland as part of the shield for the British battleships and engaged with the German light cruiser force with torpedoes & In 1918, the destroyer, along with sister ships Milbrook and Pigeon, sank the German submarine UB-124. After the armistice, Marne was placed in reserve before being decommissioned and, in 1921, sold to be broken up.

This heavy bronze tampion measures 7” in diameter and has been latterly mounted on a piece of mahogany. The badge depicts a white naiant dolphin with a capulet of gold Laurel leaves.

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