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History: Formed at Netheravon in August 1942. | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
A hand manacled and couped at the wrist proper holding a sword pomelled and hilted Or in its scabbard in bend sinister gules.<br> | |||
Motto: Ex caelo auxilium = Aid from the skies. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Sword in the Scabbard symbolises delivery of Weapons to nations in enemy-held territory represented by the manacled hand. The Badge was granted in July 1945. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
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