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Old 06-03-16, 04:36 PM
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Hello,

Would someone please be kind enough to identify the insignia - which I assume is military - on this wall plaque?

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Old 06-03-16, 07:49 PM
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No, its not military, its just some family coat of arms.
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Old 06-03-16, 08:17 PM
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No, its not military, its just some family coat of arms.
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Old 06-03-16, 08:25 PM
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Thanks for letting me know - concise and to the point. I bought it with a wall plaque for Harrow School and a cloth patch for the Long Range Desert Group from a house clearance so a bit of a strange trio. Never realised that anyone would go to the trouble of producing a family crest plaque.
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Old 06-03-16, 08:45 PM
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He's been a right "Grump" of late!

Needs to take a cold shower and stop been a Mean Old Misery Guts!

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Old 06-03-16, 08:48 PM
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It does not resemble any military insignia I'm familiar with! You'll probably need to visit a heraldry site?

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Hello

Welcome to the Forum!

It's what is generally known as an heraldic shield or plaque. As has already been mentioned above, it is a family coat of arms and definitely not military.

More often than not, the scroll at the bottom would have the family motto or even the family surname. Pity it's blank, obviously that makes identification more difficult.

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To see just how difficult it would be to identify the family have a look here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fa...HZjwAcgQsAQIOA

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I bought it with a wall plaque for Harrow School and a cloth patch for the Long Range Desert Group from a house clearance so a bit of a strange trio.
Surprised no one has asked you about the LRDG patch. Could you post a pic of that? For educational purposes...
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To see just how difficult it would be to identify the family have a look here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fa...HZjwAcgQsAQIOA

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Searching for a four leaves crest is not productive, the shield of the arms show for leaves, the crest, above the helmet, a ground with a lamb or dog and a tree.

Anything written on the back of the shield?

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Old 07-03-16, 09:45 AM
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Thank you for all the replies. Always a bit daunting as the noob so the advice and guidance has been very welcome, even a certain terse one liner!

Sadly no identifying marks on back or front of the plaque so I'll admit defeat.

I put the LRDG patch up for auction on a well known four letter international site yesterday, dobw, so feel free to research it!
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