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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ||
History: Formed at Lee on Solent in December 1936. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | |A lion rampant sable armed gules, crowned with an Astal crown Or, holding in the forepaws a trident of the second.<br> | ||
Motto: We seek to strike | |||
|} | |} | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Lion represent the Group safeguarding the UK by its duties, which are mainly over the sea (the Trident). The Badge was approved in October 1941. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Knights of the Sky Part 1 Bands-Groups by B.R. Holliss. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{ | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1941]] |