HMS Medway, Royal Navy

HMS MEDWAY, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Silver; upon a bridge red a lion passant black.

Origin/meaning

A navigable River in Kent. Lion from the Seal of the Rochester Bridge Commissioners and the Cobham Family Arms of 1598 (Bridge). The Badge was approved in 1927.

Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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