HMS Heliotrope, Royal Navy

HMS HELIOTROPE, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a sun radiant shining from sinister side all gold. Motto: Surgens ad solem

Origin/meaning

A Flower Name. Greek for "Turn towards the Sun". The Motto translates as "Rising to the sun". The Badge was approved in 1926.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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