HMS Gadwall, Royal Navy

HMS GADWALL, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; isssuant from water barry white and blue a rock proper thereon a Gadwell duck (Anas Strepera) colse proper.

Origin/meaning

A Bird closely related ti the Mallard. Name given tot the RNAS Sudenham, Belfast 1943-1945- The Badge was approved in 1944.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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