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History: Formed as North Front on September 26, 1939 and re-titled on January 27, 1967.


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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Issuant from from water barry wavy in base proper a key Or wards upwards and to the dexter.<br>
Motto: Guard the gateway.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Badge symbolises Gibraltar as the Key to the Mediterranean. It was granted in April 1956.
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