Glengarry

[RLDaily]

Highland Regiment Brooch.jpgHow do you put a badge on a Glengarry without tearing up the ribbon? My badge has what looks lie a cotter pin that goes through 2 eye posts.

[plaid preacher]

A photo of the back of the badge would be far more helpful for giving advice than the front. It would appear that there are two tabs that bend over on this badge .. is that correct? If so, I'm afraid you are going to have to put a couple of small slits in the ribbon the mount the badge. Most Glens have a gathered ribbon, so you might be able to hide your slits in the folds of the ribbon, so it is not too noticable. I little whip stitch around the edges should ensure that you don't have any frayed edges.

[thescot]

I have sewn very small stitches through the ribbon or even used pins in order to preserve the ribbon. However, I believe the proper application was to just poke a hole all the way through the ribbon and bonnet. They were designed for military units, so they didn't change badges much!

[plaid preacher]

Jim, that's a great idea; installing a couple of loops to attach the badge. It also means it is still transferable, as you suggest. IF RL does not wish to remove it, another suggestion would be to simply sew the badge to the ribbon.

[Ron Abbott]

Nice badge.....always liked it but don't see it all that often. A (training) regiment that was short-lived.

[RLDaily]

The badge has been adopted by the "1st Highland Cavalry Regiment" on Facebook. We have a complete command structure and close to 300 members internationally.

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[OC Richard]

How do you put a badge on a Glengarry without tearing up the ribbon? My badge has what looks lie a cotter pin that goes through 2 eye posts.

Personally, I think Glengarry badges don't 'sit' right unless the posts go through the Glengarry and the cotter pin is on the inside of the hat. Most Glengarry badges have rather long posts, intended for just that purpose.

To poke through the ribbon and especially the Glengarry itself is difficult, the ribbon because it tends to slide around and the Glengarry because it has layers of stiffening inside. I've always used a slightly tapered awl, though some people use an icepick. With my awl I can poke right through all the layers and slowly work the hole bigger until it's just big enough to shove the post through.

Here's a short thread about that badge

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...egiment-61416/

It seems that that battalion was raised in either 1942 or January 1943 and disbanded in 1949. Not sure if it was a Territorial battalion or a training battalion or what.

It's a very nice badge and it's fairly widely available. I suspect that most of the badges I've seen floating around are restrikes.

To someone like myself who, due to being in the piping scene for 40 years, has spent a lot of time around Scottish military people and read tons about Scottish military things, the concept of a "Highland Cavalry" organization has an odd ring to it, because as far as I know the Highlands are known for producing infantry. Perhaps it's because the topography of the Highlands doesn't lend itself either to cavalry or to tanks. Being from the mountains myself (West Virginia) and having driven through the Highlands of Scotland I can't see either place as being suited to traditional cavalry tactics or modern armour. The very things on that badge, the basket hilt sword and targe, were carried by Highland foot soldiers. Scottish cavalry being (I would think) traditionally from the Lowlands, there would not be the "Celtic" (Highland) component. Kilts and horses don't go together well...

If you're tankers interested in things Scottish then The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is the natural unit to study, emulate, and connect with. You could contact some of those guys (current and former) and perhaps work out some sort of alliance between American and Scottish tankers.

These gentlemen:

http://www.scotsdgassn.org.uk/