HMS Jasper, Royal Navy

HMS JASPER, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Black; on a branch s spear aslant held in the uppraised dexter claw surmounted by a little owl proper.

Origin/meaning

The qualities of Wisdom and Courage associated with the Stone and Pallas Athene, whose Emblem was an owl. The Badge was approved in 1945.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admriality Badges Encyclopaedia by t.P. Stopford.

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