Saturday, 20 September 2008

Or Glory



The off-topic Yann DeBelle de Montby post seemed to go down well, so here's another cufflink related piece. These are my all-time favourites. The skull insignia is from the Queen's Royal Lancers. The QRL, I think I'm right in saying, used to be the Light Brigade, from the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Screw your nazi insignia when the Queen's own force has skull and crossbone badges.
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4 comments:

  1. Austin20 September 2008 at 21:54

    this is weird, i just bought a lapel badge version of these off ebay.....

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  2. By Hand and By Brain21 September 2008 at 05:05

    rad! I saw some in the gumball machine at the super...HA!

    J-

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  3. By Hand and By Brain21 September 2008 at 05:07

    I hope you know I really think they are rad! God Save the Queen!

    J-

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  4. The Vintagent4 January 2009 at 08:57

    Yes, the Lancers used this logo, but I think the first use of a 'Skull and Crossbones' logo with Cavalry was with the Prussian Hussar regiment of Von Reusch in the 1700's. The first to use the logo historically were some Knights Templar pirates in the 1400's, in the Mediterranean.
    I have a set of cufflinks you'll love; will send a pic.

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