HMS Marvel, Royal Navy

HMS MARVEL, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Gold; a leopard's mask black tounge mouth and teeth proper eye black rimmed yellow.

Origin/meaning

From the Arms of Andrew Marvel (1621-1678) famous British Parliamental Figure, Poet and Man of Letters under Cromwell and King Charles II. The Badge was approved in 1946.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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