Banners can have all manner of crests etc etc and be sourced from where ever. I know as a local sqn got a crest important to them put on their new one.
I would baulk at giving one supplier the contract as that leads to all manner of detritus being made as they have no competition and we have no recourse.
Banners can have all manner of crests etc etc and be sourced from where ever. I know as a local sqn got a crest important to them put on their new one.
I would baulk at giving one supplier the contract as that leads to all manner of detritus being made as they have no competition and we have no recourse.[/quote]
and this would not happen if we were forced to have a standard carry sash across the corps?
Banners can have all manner of crests etc etc and be sourced from where ever. I know as a local sqn got a crest important to them put on their new one.[/quote]
On the banners in the link posted earlier in the thread, the banners in the forefront certainly seem to have all sorts of extra crests on them. This certainly isn’t something I’ve seen before on ATC banners. Is it fairly-standard practice in England?
I’m presuming that they’re local county heraldic badges, to show regional links? There have always been strong territorial affiliations for Cadet units, but perhaps the boundary lines are more easily-definable south of the border with a number of clear squadron alignments to densely-populated counties and/or cities.
wilf_san
I like the sash banner belts, but they usually cost around £200.
My ACF unit has has two banner belts (we have two banners). One is some white leather belt (2.5" wide) and is OK, though not exactly a correct pattern. Our other one is a white buff leather colour belt style one and is 3" wide. I would like to replace the 2.5" one with a sash belt but only if we have surplus funds to do it. Maybe next financial year!
A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole
It does not look likely to stir a man’s soul,
‘Tis the deeds that were done ‘neath the moth-eaten rag,
When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.
-Sir Edward B. Hamley, 1824-1893-
Banners can have all manner of crests etc etc and be sourced from where ever. I know as a local sqn got a crest important to them put on their new one.[/quote]
On the banners in the link posted earlier in the thread, the banners in the forefront certainly seem to have all sorts of extra crests on them. This certainly isn’t something I’ve seen before on ATC banners. Is it fairly-standard practice in England?
I’m presuming that they’re local county heraldic badges, to show regional links? There have always been strong territorial affiliations for Cadet units, but perhaps the boundary lines are more easily-definable south of the border with a number of clear squadron alignments to densely-populated counties and/or cities.[/quote]
Yes it seems quite popular and does very much establish the link/identity between the unit and the community, which is in many ways what we should be about, rather than some anonymous entity. When ours comes to be renewed if I’m still around, I’ll move for something along those lines.
[quote=“glass half empty 2” post=1525] When ours comes to be renewed if I’m still around, I’ll move for something along those lines.[/quote]So long as it complies with the set, standard design then that will be fine.
Oh yes - I recognise him too.
Having recently seen large sums invested in a new squadron banner (so recently that it was only used for the first time ever exactly one month ago today), it worries me that it might not be compliant. But since the supplier was just told what it was to be, and for which squadron, surely it’ll be fine? Rules, meets-them, I mean.
These heraldic extra crests look nice, but I’ve never seen them on Scottish ATC banners before (I said that already, am I wrong/right/both on this, Incubus?)
wilf_san
The WScot wing banner has some sort of saltire device I believe. I can take a look at the video.
It is also on a dinky pike