HMS Champion, Royal Navy

HMS CHAMPION, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Red; a sinister gauntlet gold. Motto: Come one, come all.

Origin/meaning

The Gauntlet refers to the ancient office of "Chapion of England" who attended the Monarch at his Coronation. The Badge was approved in 1924.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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