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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Family Name of the Hereditary | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''':United Kingdom[[File:United Kingdom.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|Red; on a plate in front of two swords in saltire white pommelled and hilted gold a sinister gauntlet fesswise proper. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The Family Name of the Hereditary Champion of England, who stood for the new Sovereign's right to rule following coronation. Duty last performed at the coronation of King George IV in 1821. The Badge was approved on 6 December 1945. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges | [[Literature]]:Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1945]] | [[Category:Granted 1945]] |