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| | |Blue; from water barry wavy of six white and blue a dexter arm embowed gold the hand grasping a spear fesswise white winged gold.</br> | ||
Motto: Primus ferire | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Badge allude to the Hawker Nimrod Aircraft with which the Squadron first was equipped. Nimrod was the famous hunter with a spear descibed in Genesis 10 v 9. The Latin Motto traslates as "The first to strike". The Badge was approved in 1937. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1937]] | |||
Revision as of 13:50, 10 November 2023
NO 802 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First formed in 1933 as a Fleet Fighter Squadron with Hawker Nimrod Aircraft.
| English | Blue; from water barry wavy of six white and blue a dexter arm embowed gold the hand grasping a spear fesswise white winged gold. Motto: Primus ferire |
Origin/meaning
The Badge allude to the Hawker Nimrod Aircraft with which the Squadron first was equipped. Nimrod was the famous hunter with a spear descibed in Genesis 10 v 9. The Latin Motto traslates as "The first to strike". The Badge was approved in 1937.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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