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(Created page with "''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] {| class="wikitable" |+Official blazon |- |'''English''' |Barry wavy of ten white; a ram's head affronty black in front of a stake inflamed proper. |} ===Origin/meaning=== The Hero of Homer's Odessey and King of Ithaca. He was captured, and later escabed from, Cyclops by first blinded him with a flaming stake and then hidding by strapping himself to the belly...") |
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (1919 Badge) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (1941 Badge) | |||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | |1919: Blue; a hand-poised balance gold.</br> | ||
Motto: Sans faveur.</br> | |||
1941: Blue; a free-standing balance all gold. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The | The Balance allude to the Umpire's work. The Badge was approved in 1919 and changed in 1941. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | [[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty 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 | [[Category:Granted 1919]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1941]] | |||