HMS Curacoa, Royal Navy
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HMS CURACOA, ROYAL NAVY
English | Black; a stork's head white armed red in the beak a snake proper langued red. Motto: Ceramine summo |
Origin/meaning
From the Arms and Motto (Which translates as In the midst of battle) of Commodore Brisbane (1769-1829) who captured the Carrribean Island from the Dutch in 1806. The badge was approved on 23 October 1927.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.