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    Re: Princess Anne's brooch/badge Archived Message

    Posted by joye on November 20, 2014, 11:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Princess Anne's brooch/badge"

    Thankyou Arthur.

    --Previous Message--
    : Thank you very much, Joye, for this picture of
    : this badge, that I had until then never
    : seen.
    :
    : Mark Phillips, Princess Anne's first
    : husband, served in the Queen's Dragoon
    : Guards from 1969 to 1978.
    :
    : According to Wikipedia (
    : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_The_Queen%27s_Dragoon_Guards
    : ), " in 1896 Emperor Franz Joseph of
    : Austria was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of
    : the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards and allowed
    : the regiment to wear the Austrian imperial
    : coat of arms, which is still used as the
    : regiment's cap badge today. Also the
    : regiment adopted an Austrian military march,
    : Radetzky March, as quick march ".
    :
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