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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
A Pluderer or Despoiler who employs a scorched earth policy. The Motto was approved on 6 May 1944.
From the arms of the Town in Berkshire, also a Town in Pennsylvania, USA. The Star symbolises that the Ship was Ex-US Navy Lend/Lease. The Badge was approved in 1941.




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


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Latest revision as of 10:20, 5 October 2024

Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Reading, Royal Navy
HMS READING, ROYAL NAVY

Country:United Kingdom
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Official blazon
English Blue; a female head affronty couped proper ducally crowned gold around the neck a band blue thereon a mullet white.


Origin/meaning

From the arms of the Town in Berkshire, also a Town in Pennsylvania, USA. The Star symbolises that the Ship was Ex-US Navy Lend/Lease. The Badge was approved in 1941.


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

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