Posted by joye on February 9, 2014, 6:56 pm, in reply to "Dragoon Badge"
Thankyou all
--Previous Message-- : Its an Eagle and here is a description of it : : The cap badge features an eagle, which : represents the French Imperial Eagle that : was captured by Sergeant Charles Ewart, the : Royal Scots Greys at Waterloo, from the : French 45th Regiment of Foot. It is always : worn with a black backing in mourning for : Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, : who was their Colonel-in-Chief at the time : of his execution. The cap badge also has the : crossed carbines of the 3rd Carabiniers at : the rear of the eagle. : : --Previous Message-- : Well the Dragoon Guards are a Scots regiment : so Braemar makes sense. : : --Previous Message-- : : Well whatever it is the Queen wore it in : June 1955 to a polo match and to Braemar in : 1994, which would lean toward the mythical : creature unless the polo match had something : to do with that regiment. : --Previous Message-- : : I think that this is the Royal Scots : Dragoon Guards Badge : : : : : : http://paimages.co.uk/preview/?urn=2.3770853 : : : : : : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards.jpg : : : : : : :
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