Showing posts with label Calgary Highlanders Badge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calgary Highlanders Badge. Show all posts

19 April 2015

Canadian Regiment Reception

The Queen, along with The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Alexandra of Kent, attended a reception honoring the bravery of Canadian service people in the First World War at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London.
Busy weekend for Her Maj, no? A couple days at the races, a brooch debut, and now a reception with another new-to-the-blog brooch! It's a badge, actually, the badge of the Calgary Highlanders. You can read more about it here.
 This reception honored three specific Canadian regiments and gathered their respective royal colonels-in-chief for the occasion: the Calgary Highlanders (The Queen), the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (The Duke of Edinburgh), and the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Alexandra).
The lovely Princess Alexandra wore a badge of her own, representing the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's). And some lovely pearls and diamonds too, as an added bonus!


Photos:via Getty Images

The Calgary Highlanders Badge

Calgary Highlanders Badge (Example Illustration)
The badge of the Calgary Highlanders is topped by St. Edward's Crown and features a beaver and maple leaves representing Canada, with a St. Andrew's Cross and thistles representing Scotland. The Queen, Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, has a brooch version of the cap badge.
According to a Press Association report, it is a white gold and diamond sweetheart brooch, created especially for her by the regiment.

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19 April 2015: Canadian Regiment Reception

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, ITNSource video