Institute of Naval Medicine, Royal Navy

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INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the Institute of Naval Medicine, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; on a base barry wavy of four blue and white a lemon tree fructed proper.

Motto: E mari salutem

Origin/meaning

Lemons were found to b a cure for scurvy in the 18th Century. The Motto transaltes as "Health from the sea". The badge was approved in 1976 replacing a version approved 1973. That one was blazoned as "White; out of a base wavy blue and white a lemon tree fructed and eradicated proper". Motto was the same as the present one.


Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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