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| | |Barry wavy six white and blue; within a wreath of laurel gold a torteau charged with a leopard's face langued blue crowned with a crown of fleur-de-lys also gold.</br> | ||
Motto:Per medium illarium ibat | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
A Sea Battle against the French in 1340, the design is based on the Victor King Edward III of England. The Motto translates as "through the midst of them he went his way" from Luke 4 verse 30. The Badge was approved in 1945. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1945]] | |||