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From Ewin | From Ewin Landseer's painting The Challenge (1844), but Reversed. the Latin motto traslates as "To fight the proud". The badge was approved in 1931. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | [[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:07, 8 November 2023
HMS CHALLENGER, ROYAL NAVY
English | Blue; on a mount white a stag statant bellwing proper Motto: Depugnare superbas |
Origin/meaning
From Ewin Landseer's painting The Challenge (1844), but Reversed. the Latin motto traslates as "To fight the proud". The badge was approved in 1931.
Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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