British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum (https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/index.php)
-   General Topics. (https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=31)
-   -   British Royal Cypher collection (https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31272)

achern 09-04-13 05:11 PM

British Royal Cypher collection
 
Gents, here is my collection of royal cyphers: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps404a4b25.jpg

Comments are most welcome.
Alf

Sunray9 09-04-13 07:01 PM

Very neat and most impressive!

Ritchie.

grenadierguardsman 09-04-13 08:49 PM

Very nice

rattle-watch1 09-04-13 09:00 PM

1 Attachment(s)
Dear Alf, Very impressive set of Royal Cyphers and eyecatching. I have always had an interest in Royal Cyphers and about three years ago designed this one to go with the change of police uniforms and pillar boxes and share it with you if you don't mind.
Harry Wynne (rattle-watch1)

achern 10-04-13 01:24 AM

Thank you all for your kind comments, and Harry, that is a most impressive graphic you've done up. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Alf

fougasse1940 12-04-13 12:14 AM

Your Victoria cypher is the imperial one with an added "I" at the end, the usual british one would have been "VR" without the additional "I", so this one looks a bit of an odd one out in the collection?

Rgds,

Thomas.

achern 15-04-13 07:22 PM

Yes indeed, Thomas. I would like to have a VR cypher in my collection, but alas, they are so very hard to come by.

Does anyone have the William IV or earlier cyphers in their collection?

Mike 15-04-13 07:30 PM

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/arm...r_monogram.htm


Willie?:-

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/arm...he_pouch/2.jpg

achern 17-04-13 07:05 AM

Lovely, but are any of those for sale? I'd be interested in some of the smaller ones.

wright241 17-04-13 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by achern (Post 209262)
Yes indeed, Thomas. I would like to have a VR cypher in my collection, but alas, they are so very hard to come by.

Does anyone have the William IV or earlier cyphers in their collection?

Let me know whether you finally got the WIV as I have a (unm) silver one on an officers belt buckle which I could take a pic for you

wright241 21-04-13 09:08 AM

1 Attachment(s)
Quote:

Originally Posted by achern (Post 209262)
Yes indeed, Thomas. I would like to have a VR cypher in my collection, but alas, they are so very hard to come by.

Does anyone have the William IV or earlier cyphers in their collection?

Is this what you are after?
David

achern 01-05-13 06:02 PM

I'm afraid not. I am looking for cyphers that are attached to shoulder boards or epaulettes.

davec2 01-05-13 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wright241 (Post 210027)
Is this what you are after?
David

That's a rather ' splendid ' model David !!! :)

Dave.

wright241 01-05-13 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davec2 (Post 211471)
That's a rather ' splendid ' model David !!! :)

Dave.

Thanks Dave. I'll try and remember to bring it over with me on the next visit.
David

Silver Tourist 01-05-13 07:32 PM

Hallmarked Royal Cypher.
 
Good evening.

A small omission from the line-up might be considered to be the hallmarked EVIIR example. Assayed Birmingham 1900-01, with a sponsor's mark for Bent & Parker.

There were two in the late Hugh King's Collection. He disposed of one, describing it as a Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry (NIY) piece, in November 1999. The second re-appeared with the dispersal of his Collection. Whether one believes they are NIY pieces I leave to others.

Needless to say the more longstanding Members of this Forum will easily guess where both examples now reside.

Enjoy

S.T.


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:11 AM.

Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.