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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Blue; a half-length figure in sem-classical dress white holding a short sword bendwise gold. </br> | |||
Motto:Orbe circumcineto | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
In Greek litterature a handsome hunter later immortalised as a Star. Admrial Saumarez was ain command of Orion at the Nile 1798. The Motto belongs to a branch of the Family and translates as "Around the World". The Badge was approved in 1932. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admrialty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admrialty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1932]] | |||