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| | |Barry wavy of ten white and blue; on a pomme a demi-boar erased gold langued blue holding a drinking cup gold.</br> | ||
Motto: Semper circiter | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
In Greek Mythology an Enchantress who lived on an Island in the Aegean an turned all who drank from Her Cup into Swine except Ulysses who, armed with a magic Plant, forced her to restore Her Victims to Human Beings. The Latin motto translates as "Always somewhere about". The badge was approved on 3 April 1942. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | |||
{{uk}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1942]] | |||