Order in Council - Augmenting the Royal Badge of Wales [1953-03-17]

Order in Council - Augmenting the Royal Badge of Wales [1953-03-17]

Heraldry

Wales

Privy Council

Order in Council of Queen Elizabeth II augmenting the Royal Badge of Wales.

Queen Elizabeth II

College of Arms I82/12

1953-03-17

Mark Scott

Wales

At the Court at Buckingham Palace
The 17 day of March 1953
Present
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Her Majesty was this day graciously pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order that for the greater honour and distinction of Wales the Royal Badge of Wales namely the Red Dragon passant, be augmented as follows: Within a circular riband argent fimbriated or bearing the motto Y DDRAIG GOCH DDYRY CYCHWYN in letters vert [and], ensigned with a representation of the Crown proper, an escutcheon per fesse argent and vert and thereon the Red Dragon passant as in the painting herunto annexed is more plainly depicted. And that the Most Noble Bernard Marmaduke Duke of Norfolk K.G. G.C.V.O. Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, do forthwith cause the necessary directions to be given herein accordingly.

W.G. Agnew.

This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the document and may not reflect the formatting of the original.

Hand-painted rendition of the Royal Badge of Wales at the bottom.