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01-04-12, 08:31 PM
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Pipe Major
Here are badges of appointment for a Pipe Major. Gold coloured anodised aluminium Bagpipes above 4 bar Chevrons worn on a leather wrist strap. The bagpipes are only 15mm high!
Also shown in the second picure is the Drum of the Drum Major's appointment badge - again only 17mm high! Tim
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02-04-12, 07:59 PM
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Dave,
Thanks. I did wonder if the bagpipes qualified as "the smallest British Army Badge" - after the Dog Handlers "Paw" badge of course! Tim
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02-04-12, 08:06 PM
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Tim,
You are very probably right. Peter
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03-04-12, 07:59 PM
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04-04-12, 05:47 AM
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Alex,
It is the Black Watch. Peter
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04-04-12, 06:01 AM
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04-04-12, 09:42 AM
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Thanks for the link  I was very interested until I noticed his P.& P. costs, you might remember from previous posts that I don't do extortionate postgage, I charge £2.25p to Hong Kong, where he gets £6.50p from, I do not know but I'm certainly not bidding on that one ??  I'm sure other sets will come along ?? Dave.
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04-04-12, 10:00 AM
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The only reference I can find ( Regiments of the Scottish Division-Histories,Tartans and Music) says "Pipers of the Black Watch appeared in Royal Stewart at a fairly early date and have done so ever since "
It would be nice to have an album of colour pictures of Pipers to compliment the Pipers Badges Album. P.B.
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04-04-12, 06:59 PM
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Ive been pondering this for a day or two.The initial photo that Grey Green Acorn posted showed the rank badge for a pipe major below the rank of colour sgt,but 8th foots Black Watch shows a piper major of above that rank due to the addition of the crown.But is there a difference in size between the crowns for a staff sgt and a warrant officer pipe major if they were wearing the wrist strap rank badge ?
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