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Motto: Belli dura despicio. | |||
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A Elizabethean composite word war depite. The Motto translates as "I despise the hard knocks of war". The badge was approved in 1919. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence | [[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{ | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1919]] |
Latest revision as of 13:12, 15 October 2023
HMS WARSPITE, ROYAL NAVY
English | Green; a ship's gun of c 1600 on its truck gold. Motto: Belli dura despicio. |
Origin/meaning
A Elizabethean composite word war depite. The Motto translates as "I despise the hard knocks of war". The badge was approved in 1919.
Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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