HMS Vimiera, Royal Navy

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HMS VIMIERA, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Vimiera, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Black; a lion's head red arising from an Easten crown gold.

Motto: Sicut olim.

Origin/meaning

Duke of Wellington's Victory of 1808, from his Arms. The Motto translates as "Victory as formely". The badge was approved in 1919.

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

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