UNKNOWN VRI PLAID BROOCH

Does anybody have any idea what this solid silver plaid brooch? is related to a Canadian Regiment?

Peter

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ictureid=63936

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ictureid=63937

[Bill A]

The broach is from the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Originally Posted by Bill A

The broach is from the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Thanks Bill
but who would wear it ? pipers

peter

[Bill A]

The RCR has pipers. Mike (Regimental Rogue) should be able to confirm if they wore / wear the broach. It looks older.

[Voltigeur]

It is intriguing,to me at least, that there is some arabic on the back........
Jo

[QUOTE=Voltigeur;160051]It is intriguing,to me at least, that there is some arabic on the back........
Jo[/QUOTE

here the marks on the back

peter

ROYAL CANADIAN REGIMENT SILVER PLAID BROOCH (3).jpg

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by Voltigeur

It is intriguing,to me at least, that there is some arabic on the back........
Jo

Pakistani maker's mark maybe.

Originally Posted by DavidS

Pakistani maker's mark maybe.

no not Pakistani maker's mark look there 1st, middle east i think


peter

[regimentalrogue]

Pipers in The RCR have, over the years, made up a variety of plaid brooches using regimental badges for centres (or in the case of the one linked above, it looks like a regimental button) and whatever backings they happened to have. Odd variations turn up occasionally that were certainly not regimental issue. I also suspect that some pipers, having left the service, also continued to wear variations of regimental accoutrements as a connection to their service.

A variety of RCR pipers' badges and one brooch can be seen on my page here: http://regimentalrogue.com/rcrbadges...dge_pipers.htm

Originally Posted by regimentalrogue

Pipers in The RCR have, over the years, made up a variety of plaid brooches using regimental badges for centres (or in the case of the one linked above, it looks like a regimental button) and whatever backings they happened to have. Odd variations turn up occasionally that were certainly not regimental issue. I also suspect that some pipers, having left the service, also continued to wear variations of regimental accoutrements as a connection to their service.

A variety of RCR pipers' badges and one brooch can be seen on my page here: http://regimentalrogue.com/rcrbadges...dge_pipers.htm

Hi thanks for the info

peter

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by peter616

no not Pakistani maker's mark look there 1st, middle east i think


peter

I asked some students at the University here who read Arabic and Urdu. They said it is probably Urdu, and it is a name but hard to read (Ufi Shad?). Since it is Urdu, my guess still is that it is a Pakistani maker.