HMS Selkirk, Royal Navy
HMS SELKIRK, ROYAL NAVY
English | Party per fess black and blue; a buckle silver piercing a scallop shell gold. Motto: Hold fast |
Origin/meaning
General Lesly (buckle) defeated General Graeme of Montrose (escallop) at Philiphaugh nera Selkirk in 1645. The badge was approved in 1927.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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Catgegory:Granted 1927