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| | | Red; a wreath of palm gold issuant from a crescent moon in base white a dexter arm embowed and vambraced silver the hand grasping a broken tilting spear bendwise.</br> | ||
Motto: Gardez bien | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Titling Spear and Crescent Moon is from the Crest of the Arms of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery victor at El Alamein, a Second World War Battle of 1942. The Motto is also Lord Montgomery's and is in French meaning "Guard well". The Badge was approved on 6 May 1946. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence | [[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stoppford. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1946]] | |||