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HMS THERMOPYLAE, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Blue; on a mount green a lion guardant statant on a block white. Motto: We shall fight in the shade. |
Origin/meaning
Allude to the Battle in 480 BC in which Leonidas' Spartans and Greeks defeated the Persians. The Badge was approved in 1945.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.