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| | |Blue; a mute swan silver armed and langued red tethered by the sinister leg to broken cord gold.</br> | ||
Motto:Rara avis navis rarior. | |||
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The Canting Badge was approved in 1919. The Motto translates as "A rare bird and a rarer ship". | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:59, 22 August 2023
HMS WILD SWAN, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Blue; a mute swan silver armed and langued red tethered by the sinister leg to broken cord gold. Motto:Rara avis navis rarior. |
Origin/meaning
The Canting Badge was approved in 1919. The Motto translates as "A rare bird and a rarer ship".
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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