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|White;  two curved naval cutlasses in their scabbards in saltire black garnished and debruised by a roundel per fess wavy blue and barry wavy of four white and blue in chief three piles reversed and conjonined also white.
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
Islands North West Coast of Norway, captured by British Commandos in March 1941. The Badge was approved in 1947.
Islands North West Coast of Norway, captured by British Commandos in March 1941. The Badge was approved in 1947.


[[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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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 2 October 2024

Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Lofoten, Royal Navy
HMS LOFOTEN, ROYAL NAVY

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Official blazon
English White; two curved naval cutlasses in their scabbards in saltire black garnished and debruised by a roundel per fess wavy blue and barry wavy of four white and blue in chief three piles reversed and conjonined also white.


Origin/meaning

Islands North West Coast of Norway, captured by British Commandos in March 1941. The Badge was approved in 1947.


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

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