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| | |Barry wavy of ten white and blue; within a laurel wreath gold a shake-fork black. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
A Sea Battle between British and Italian Navies in 1941. The Shake-Frok is from the arms of Admrial Andrew Cunningham (1885-1963) who led the victorious British Forces. The badge was approved in 1946. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia 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 1946]] | |||