HMS Courageous, Royal Navy

HMS COURAGEOUS, ROYAL NAVY

Black; a dexter arm erect proper grasping a serpent gree,
Motto: Fortis in angustis

In allusion to the Name. The Latin Motto translates as "Bravely in difficulties". The badge was approved in 1923.

Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.