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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (1924 Badge) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (1973 Badge) | |||
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| | |1924: Red; a hammer and a spanner in saltire gold over wavelets blue and silver.</br> | ||
Motto: Vis fortibus arma.<7br> | |||
|1973: Blue; a conventional representation of an atom irradiated gold. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The First Badge from 1924 was for the 1889 Depot Ship Cruiser which become Defiance in 1931 and broken up in 1955. The Motto translates as "Strength is a weapon to the brave". The Second design from 1973 is for the Royal Nay Nuclear Propulsion Unit at Dounreay, Caithness. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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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:Hammers]] | |||
[[Category:Spanners]] | |||
[[Category:Atoms]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1924]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1973]] | |||