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| | |Green; a ship's gun of c 1600 on its truck gold.</br> | ||
Motto: Balli dura despicio. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
A Elizabethean composite word war depite. The Motto translates as "I despise the hard knocks of war". The Badge was approved in 1919. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence | [[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. 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]] | |||