Kilt pins from military awards.

[Richland]

I'm thinking if having a kilt pin made from my Master parachutist wings or my pathfinder torch. I will use the miniatures.
any regs. i should worry about? Has anyone tried it, and liked it, or dislikes it.
Does any one know of a good maker of pins i could send them off to and be made.

[cavscout]

I don't know if this guy does custom work but he has done some nice items for the Marine Corps.

http://scottishregalia.com/

[Big Paul]

I don't know if this guy does custom work but he has done some nice items for the Marine Corps.

http://scottishregalia.com/

Very nice stuff!!

[Moosehead]

Though not a kilt pin, I will admit I took my Saudi Liberation of Kuwait Medal and put it on the sheath of my sgean dhub. In this country, we cannot wear a foreign medal if there is a corresponding Canadian decoration (Brits are the same). A little pretentious, maybe, but its hidden by hose anyway...and I had to do something with it.

medal pic

[Mike n NC]

I've been toying with the idea of mounting a set of dolphins on the flap of one sporran. I have a submarine service kilt pin that I got from Alexis Malcolm and I know she has them specially made up. You might email her and ask her source.

Mike

[Moosehead]

I plan on doing the same with one of mine...put my old eagle & crown cap-badge on the flap.

[starbkjrus]

Very nice stuff!!

VERY nice stuff. Peruse the website - he does do custom.

Oh no. My hand seems to be reaching for a credit card. Must contol it................................................ ...........arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Shay]

As far as I know, he miniature pins are to be worn on a dress jacket and fall under 'military uniforms,' i.e.- not for civilian use. However, if I were to, I dunno, make up a kilt with the pleats matching the colors of a military ribbon that meant a lot to me, that would be fine.

So you could use a reproduction of it, somehow altered hopefully, but not the pin itself. It's just so they're different they don't get mistaken for 'real' military stuff being treated with disrespect.

I'd be a little leery of using the wings exact duplicate without something to show they're totally unofficial, like putting them on a shield or along a plain bar or something. putting the wings along the blade of a sword kiltpin would do the trick, or using them as the 'handguard' between the hilt and the blade would look pretty cool, too.

[kiltimabar]

As far as I know, he miniature pins are to be worn on a dress jacket and fall under 'military uniforms,' i.e.- not for civilian use. However, if I were to, I dunno, make up a kilt with the pleats matching the colors of a military ribbon that meant a lot to me, that would be fine.

So you could use a reproduction of it, somehow altered hopefully, but not the pin itself. It's just so they're different they don't get mistaken for 'real' military stuff being treated with disrespect.

I'd be a little leery of using the wings exact duplicate without something to show they're totally unofficial, like putting them on a shield or along a plain bar or something. putting the wings along the blade of a sword kiltpin would do the trick, or using them as the 'handguard' between the hilt and the blade would look pretty cool, too.

Whether miniature or full size, within some other design or alone, and provided it's worn with pride and dignity, if you earned it--wear it. If you didn't earn it--don't. Exception: if wearing it in memorium, say for an ancestor, wear it in a manner that makes it that status clear.

A couple of Oscars ago Russell Crowe wore his father's decoration (I believe it was an MBE) on the right side and announced his purpose publicly.

Bad example: In the movie "Wedding Crashers" one character suggests a Purple Heart (awarded for combat wounds) might be shown to female wedding guests to elicit sympathy.

[ByDand]

I met with Alexis and her husband. They work with a local jeweler and they do fantastic stuff. I would have no problem with them on anything.