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In Ovid's Metamorphoses a Sea-Nymph who loved Acis. The Motto translates as "The sea is our country". The Badge was approved in 1919. | In Ovid's Metamorphoses a Sea-Nymph who loved Acis. The Motto translates as "The sea is our country". The Badge was approved in 1919. | ||
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HMS GALATEA, ROYAL NAVY
English | Blue; a female head proper crowned with scallop shells gold. Motto: Nobis mare patria |
Origin/meaning
In Ovid's Metamorphoses a Sea-Nymph who loved Acis. The Motto translates as "The sea is our country". The Badge was approved in 1919.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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