HMS Reading, Royal Navy
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HMS READING, ROYAL NAVY
English | Blue; a female head affronty couped proper ducally crowned gold around the neck a band blue thereon a mullet white. |
Origin/meaning
From the Arms of the Town in Berkshire, also a Town in Pennsylvania, USA. The Star symbolises that the Ship was Ex-US Navy Lend/Lease. The badge was approved in 1941.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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