HMS Champion, Royal Navy

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HMS CHAMPION, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Champion, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Red; a sinister gauntlet gold.

Motto: Come one, come all.

Origin/meaning

The Gauntlet refers to the ancient office of "Chapion of England" who attended the Monarch at his Coronation. The badge was approved in 1924.

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

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