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First World War Battle along the western Front in 1917, where Canadians captured Vimy ridge from the Germans using the Mills bomb for the first time. The Motto transalates "Fortune favour the brave". The | First World War Battle along the western Front in 1917, where Canadians captured Vimy ridge from the Germans using the Mills bomb for the first time. The Motto transalates "Fortune favour the brave". The badge was approved on 3 September 1928. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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HMS VIMY, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Red; a Mills bomb silver within a wreath gold. Motto:Audaces fortuna juvat. |
Origin/meaning
First World War Battle along the western Front in 1917, where Canadians captured Vimy ridge from the Germans using the Mills bomb for the first time. The Motto transalates "Fortune favour the brave". The badge was approved on 3 September 1928.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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