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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, BRITISH ARMY
History: formed in 1898 by the amalgamation of the Medical Staff (Offiers) and Medical Staff Corps (Men).
Official blazon
Officers: The rod of Aesculapius with a serpent twined round it, head uppermost and looking to the left; whitin a wreath of laurel; the whole enisgned with a crown; below the wreath a scroll inscribed "In Arduis Fidelis" (Faithful in misfortune). The wreath, crown and rod in gilt, remaider in silver plate. Other ranks: as for Officers, but only scroll in white metal, remainder in gilding metal.
Origin/meaning
The Badge was approved in May 1902, it shows the Rod alluding to the Greek god of Medicine - Aesculapius.
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