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Cap Badge from Ian Grant of Edinburgh
Yesterday I travelled to Edinburgh to collect my Clan Cunningham Armiger's cap badge in sterling silver from Ian Grant.
My motto Alterum Non Laedere (Latin for "To Injure Nobody") was originally chosen by me in 1975 when I was sworn in as a Scottish Notary Public, supposedly for life. Subsequent legislative changes required me to stand down as a Notary Public when I retired from the legal profession so I decided to keep the motto when I petitioned the Lord Lyon for recognition as an Armiger. Sometimes it can be hard to live up to this motto, it is difficult to please everyone all of the time, but its certainly a goal which I continually strive towards.
The badge as fitted to my bunnet. My bunnet was made in Scotland by Robert Mackie and purchased from Freedom Kilts in Victoria BC during my recent visit there on the occasion of the launch of the Quest of the Quaich.
For the purists who may think the badge has been mounted too low on the bunnet, I did try it higher up but in the higher position it would not remain vertical.
Last edited by cessna152towser; 18th May 11 at 10:23 AM.
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Kenneth Mansfield
VITAM FORTITER AGERE
My tartan quilt: Austin, Campbell, Hamilton, MacBean, MacLean, MacRae, Robertson, Sinclair (and counting)
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Very nice, Alex. Good for you.
Steve "Jack Daw" McIntyre
"The honour the Sleat carpenter obtained...is still preserved for his decendants." Duncan Ban MacIntyre
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Looks fantastic dude, way to go.
"Blood is the price of victory"
- Karl von Clausewitz
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Very sharp, Alex! I've got the Ian Grant site in my bookmarks and occasionally drool over their products; you're a lucky man with a beautiful crest.
As for keeping it vertical, you might try tucking a small piece of card inside the hatband (on the inside of the bonnet) and pinning it through both the hat and the card. I don't think you'd actually feel the card, but it should help to keep the pin upright.
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 Originally Posted by Cygnus
Very sharp, Alex! I've got the Ian Grant site in my bookmarks and occasionally drool over their products; you're a lucky man with a beautiful crest.
As for keeping it vertical, you might try tucking a small piece of card inside the hatband (on the inside of the bonnet) and pinning it through both the hat and the card. I don't think you'd actually feel the card, but it should help to keep the pin upright.
Used that trick in the Army to keep my medals straight on my Class-A uniform. Great suggestion!
"Blood is the price of victory"
- Karl von Clausewitz
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Terrific Alex. What a nice thing.
Best Regards John
“... I can't think of an instrument less suited to 'Silent Night' than bagpipes... I mean, there's no question of silence in the night anymore once that GHB kicks in, is there? ..." ... Klondike Waldo
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That's a beautiful crest badge, Alex!
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lives up to the motto
That's a sweet badge and I like the fact that you'll always have the requisite feather without having to bother any poor eagles.
Colin McGuire aka Ronin E-Ville
- Justitia et fortitudo invincibilia sunt
- An t'arm breac dearg
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18th May 11, 12:00 PM
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