HMS Escort, Royal Navy
HMS ESCORT, ROYAL NAVY
English | Green; a Yeoman of the Guard couped at the shoulder proper with partizan white tasselled gold and hat black banded with roses alternately red and white. Motto: Fideliter |
Origin/meaning
Yeomen of the Guard were appointed by King Henry VII of England in 1485 as Private Guards. The Bade was approved in 1933.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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