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| | |Black; a sinister leg armed and spurred gold couped at the knee red.</br> | ||
Motto: I will not fail. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
From the "Ballad of Chevy Chase", where he lost his left leg while on horseback. The badge was approved in 1919. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1919]] | |||