Chats on Military CuriosJohnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
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Chats on Military Curios
Johnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
Military art and science
Gordon Highlanders--75th Highland Regiment; also 92nd Regiment.
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders--79th Regiment of Cameron Highlanders.
Royal Irish Rifles--83rd Regiment; also Royal County Down Regiment.
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)--87th or Prince of Wales's
Own Irish Regiment; also 89th Regiment.
Connaught Rangers--88th Regiment or Connaught Rangers; also 94th
Regiment.
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)--91st Regiment;
also 93rd Regiment.
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)--100th or His
Royal Highness the Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment.
Royal Munster Fusiliers--101st or Duke of York's Irish Regiment; also
104th Regiment.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers--102nd Regiment.
Rifle Brigade--95th Regiment.
[Illustration: BADGE OF THE QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT) 2ND
FOOT.]
[Illustration: BADGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S (WILTSHIRE REGIMENT).]
[Illustration: BADGE OF THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT).]
[Illustration: BADGE OF THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT.]
OTHER UNITS:
Royal Marine Artillery.
Royal Marine Infantry.
Army Service Corps.
Royal Army Medical Corps.
Army Veterinary Corps.
Army Ordnance Corps.
Army Pay Corps.
CHAPTER III
REGIMENTAL CRESTS
The fascination of regimental crests--How to plan a collection
of crests--The changes which crests undergo--The meaning of
crests--Mottoes on crests, and their meanings
The crest or badge worn by a soldier is probably one of his most
cherished possessions, for it is at once the symbol of his regiment and
the mascot which urges him on to fame and victory. It is but little
wonder, then, that such emblems, so jealously preserved, should prove
of deep interest to the collector of military curios.
In our own case, and we suppose it was much the same in those of
our readers, army crests fascinated us long before we had a clear
perception of what an army really was. In our early school-days,
buttons bearing the various regimental devices attracted us; later our
collection extended a welcome to cap-badges whilst to-day it contains
such treasures as the crests on waist-belts, crossbelt-plates, helmets,
collar-plates, and even those on the metal flaps of sabretaches.
A collection of regimental badges should be planned on scientific
lines, otherwise the treasured possessions will lose much of their
interest. In the first place, the various specimens should be
classified: buttons should be arranged in one group, cap-badges in
another, belt-plates in another, and so on.
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