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|Blue; issuant from a base wavy white and blue two cubit arms proper grasping a stockless anchor erect gold winged blue.</br> | |Blue; issuant from a base wavy white and blue two cubit arms proper grasping a stockless anchor erect gold winged blue.</br> | ||
Motto: Auxilio | Motto: Auxilio ad alta | ||
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Revision as of 10:41, 18 April 2023
NO 1700 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First formed as an Air-Sea Rescue Unit aboard HMS Ameer for Aircrew shot down over Burma.
| English | Blue; issuant from a base wavy white and blue two cubit arms proper grasping a stockless anchor erect gold winged blue. Motto: Auxilio ad alta |
Origin/meaning
The Badge was approved on 6 July 1945 with another Motto: Ex mari messis translated as "Our harvest is from the sea".
Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stoppford.
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 Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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