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Motto: In hoc signo. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
A District of Kent. St Augustine landed here in 579 AD and spoke the words of the Motto. Which translates as "In this sign you will conquer". The Badge was approved on 6 september 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]] | |||