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From the | From the arms of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke who defeated the French in 1759 in Quiberon Bay, Brittany. The badge was approved in 1942. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:01, 1 November 2023
HMS QUIBERON, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Blue; within a chaplet of laurel gold a hawk rising ermine armed and belled gold and charged on the breast with a fleur-de-lys also gold. |
Origin/meaning
From the arms of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke who defeated the French in 1759 in Quiberon Bay, Brittany. The badge was approved in 1942.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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