HMS Offa, Royal Navy
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HMS OFFA, ROYAL NAVY
English | Green; four demi-annulets gold surmounted by a cross couped white. Motto: Defendere fossam |
Origin/meaning
A stylised representation of the reverse of a coin minted by Offa King of Mercia 757-796 AD and builder of the Dyke. The Motto translates as "To defend the ditch". The badge was approved in 1942.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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