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| | |Barry wavy od eleven white and blue; on a pomme a sun in splendor figured gold eclipsed by an increscent white. </br> | ||
Motto: Vetigia nostra cavete | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
In Mytology Latona fled the Island of Delos (green roundel) to escape the wrath of Hera hwho found her with Zeus, who later fathered Artemis (Moon) and Apollo (Sun). The badge was approved in 1941. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | |||
{{uk}} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1941]] | |||