RTR Piper's Plaid Brooch

[leigh kitchen]

Ayeeee - ye'll no be havin' a sale?

[Paul Spellman]

Here you go laddie
www.houseoflabhran.net
Not sure where the Laphroig came from
This site is one of the reasons you should be very cautious with Scottish Militaria.

[leigh kitchen]

Ayee - site unobtainable but I think I know the one - "House of Laphroaig"?

[Paul Spellman]

Sorted the link now

[leigh kitchen]

Well, I was close for a Sassenach.

[Frank Kelley]

A most pleasing brooch, but, no machine guns or tanks though.

Originally Posted by slick_mick

Here's a picture of one of their current plaid brooches.

Mick

[Paul Spellman]

Here is a Tank for you

[Paul Spellman]

The PM far left seems to have retained the Cairn Stone
No MGC guns found

[Frank Kelley]

Excellent, so the RTR have worn brooches with a TC badge, I am certainly surprised.

Originally Posted by Paul Spellman

Here is a Tank for you

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by Paul Spellman

The PM far left seems to have retained the Cairn Stone
No MGC guns found

Cairn stone? I was wrong with the Cairngorm wasn't ? (Flashback to the winter of '76 and a painful ski-ing course).

[slick_mick]

There is also a 'Guns' plaid brooch in the Forum's Pipers badge section:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/pi...ges/index3.htm

Mick

[Frank Kelley]

Interestingly, the identification there is MGC, rather than RTR.

Originally Posted by slick_mick

There is also a 'Guns' plaid brooch in the Forum's Pipers badge section:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/pi...ges/index3.htm

Mick

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by Paul Spellman

They used to be available to buy until recently on a Scottish Insignia site, the name of which escapes me at the moment but it was something like Lathroig.
Paul

House of Labhran ?

https://houseoflabhran.net/product-c...kles-insignia/

Edit : Missed second page

[Hoot]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

If it's the case that an RTR unit remembered their heritage then I think that's great.
I'm all for units commemorating their forebears, be it cadet units wearing the badge of the Lovat Scouts (no longer the case?), Tankies wearing MG insignia or RRF carrying the oldDrummer's Colours of the NF - good stuff.

The only plaid brooch I've seen by 4 RTR in photos is the one with the yellow Cairngorm centre - any photos of other brooches available?

For the RTR to really commemorate their forebears they should not only be displaying Machine Gun Corps and Tank Corps badges but, as all the original drivers serving with the Heavy Branch MGC were ASC attached to the MGC, remaining so until the formation of the Tank Corps, then for completeness they would display the 1911-1918 pattern ASC badge as well. I won't be holding my breath though.

[Frank Kelley]

When were these commemorative brooches first made?