HMS Tyrant, Royal Navy
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HMS TYRANT, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Green; an Assyrian king's head proper Motto:Tyrranicis solum. |
Origin/meaning
From an relief of Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, the curelly despotic King of Assyria c. 883-858 BC. The Motto transaltes as "A tyrant only to tyrants". The Badge was approved in 1919.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.