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HMS MESSINA, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Barry wavy of ten white and blue; on a mount green a fir tree fructed proper. Motto: Pugnamibus in littoribus |
Origin/meaning
A City on Sicily taken by the Allies in 1943. The Motto translates as "We will fight them on the beaches". The badge was approved in 1947.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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