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===Official blazon===
Barry wavy of nine white and blue; on a torteau a demi-lion erased and ducaly crowned gold armed and langued blue holding in both paws an axe proper.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
Ancinet Name for Orkney. From the Royal Arms of Norway, to whom the Islands once belonged. The badge was approved 1946.
Ancient Name for Orkney. From the Royal Arms of Norway, to whom the Islands once belonged. The Badge was approved 1946.


[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admrialty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
 
[[Literature]]:Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.  


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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
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[[Category:Granted 1946]]
[[Category:Granted 1946]]
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Latest revision as of 14:12, 3 October 2024

Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Orcadia, Royal Navy
HMS ORCADIA, ROYAL NAVY

Country:United Kingdom
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Official blazon
English Barry wavy of nine white and blue; on a torteau a demi-lion erased and ducaly crowned gold armed and langued blue holding in both paws an axe proper.


Origin/meaning

Ancient Name for Orkney. From the Royal Arms of Norway, to whom the Islands once belonged. The Badge was approved 1946.


Literature:Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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