HMS Carysfort, Royal Navy
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HMS CARYSFORT, ROYAL NAVY
English | Red; out of a ducal coronet gold an ostrich head silver in his beak a key invected gold standing between two ostrich feathers silver. Motto: Manus haec inimica tyrannis |
Origin/meaning
From the Arms and Motto of Lord Carysfort a Lord of the Admirality 1757-1962. The Latin motto translates as "This hand is deadly for tyrants". The badge was approved on 14 October 1920.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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