Royal Navy HMS Chieftain R36 silver destroyer ship badge.

A scarce original post-war period detailed ship's silhouette of 'HMS Chieftain (R36)' in the form of a brooch', the reverse impressed "800" (Silver). Very good condition, retaining original pin fittings.
Length 59mm.

Royal Navy HMS Chieftain was a Ch class "Intermediate" destroyers buillt by 'Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company', Greenock, Scotland, launched 26 February 1945. She saw duty during the Suez Crisis in 1956 and was scrapped in Sunderland in 1961.