HMS Mameluke, Royal Navy
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HMS MAMELUKE, ROYAL NAVY
English | Blue; two mameluck swords in slatire proper hilted ivory guards beteween the baldes in chief a Mameluck head dress white. |
Origin/meaning
Originally Caucasian Slave taken to Egypt as soldiers. They came to rule Egypt until they was Massacred in 1811 by Mehment Pasha of Egypt. The badge was approved in 1946.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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