HMS Cordelia, Royal Navy
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HMS CORDELIA, ROYAL NAVY
English | Green; a feamale head proper crined auburn eye blue headdress gold. Motto: Corde fidelis |
Origin/meaning
One of the Daughters of Shakespeares's King Lear and the only One who loved Him despite His beaviour towards Her. The Latin motto transaltes as "With faithful heart". The badge was approved in 1920.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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