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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
Roman Name of Malta. The Sword indicate that St Paul was shipwrecked there. The Badge was approved in 1944.
Roman Name of Malta. The Sword indicate that St Paul was shipwrecked there. The Badge was approved in 1944.


[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. 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 10:35, 3 October 2024

Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Melita, Royal Navy
HMS MELITA, ROYAL NAVY

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Official blazon
English Blue; in front of a sword erect point downwards proper pommel and hilt gold a Maltese Cross white.


Origin/meaning

Roman Name of Malta. The Sword indicate that St Paul was shipwrecked there. The Badge was approved in 1944.


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

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