HMS Guillemot, Royal Navy

HMS GUILLEMOT, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Per fess chief barry wavy of four white and blue base gold a Brunnich Guillemot (Uria Lomvia) statant proper. Motto: Acer et vigilans

Origin/meaning

The Canting Badge was approved in 1938. The Motto translates as "Keen and watchful".

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

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