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A/S Maintenance Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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Fleetmail Office Gunshield
Circa 1943
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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Engineering Repair Staff Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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The tools of the trade, a cannon and a torpedo, are paired with the target, a damaged U-boat, in a ring formation.

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Armament Ring Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
JO

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Shipwrights Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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HMCS Avalon Naval Fire Service Badge
30 June 1945
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Back of plaque: C.O. J.E. Beales RCNVR, Base Naval Fire Chief, St. John's Newfoundland 30-6-45.

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Presumably because of his sailor outfit, Donald Duck was a favorite subject for gunhields. This one depicts Donald scooping up a U-boat with a fish dip net. It is one of the first two gunshield to be hung in the Crow's Nest.

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HMCS Trillium Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Lt. Larry Moffard

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Wetaskiwin is probably the most famous of the gunshields. The queen sitting in a puddle of water is known as "The Wet Ass Queen" an obvious play on the ship's name. It is one of the first two gunshields to be hung in the Crow's Nest.

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HMCS Wetaskiwin Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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Skeena, named for a salmon river in British Colubia, has a jumping salmon as her badge. Her gunshield depicts a rather seductive salmon luring a U-boat while holding a depth charge under her fin. Presumably they are in for a fatal encounter.

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HMCS Skeena Gunshield
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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Lulu-Belle
Circa 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada