HMS Corunna, Royal Navy

HMS CORUNNA, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Red; within a wreath of palm gold a mullet white surmounted by a Moor's head proper.

Origin/meaning

From the Arms of Sir John Moore the victorious General at the Battle of corunna in January 1809. The Badge was approved on 16 May 1946.

Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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