Show Us Your Kilt Pins.

[KMCMICHAEL]

I have a sword with Appin Stewart crest but usually prefer something personal such as the epulat pin from my old uniform.
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Some commemoration pin
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Or a trinket from my hobby of many years.

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[Taskr]

The border Patrol medal and ribbon is commemorative. Sharp looking as it is, wearing it as a kilt pin in either of its service or miniature versions would not be correct.

[KMCMICHAEL]

The border Patrol medal and ribbon is commemorative. Sharp looking as it is, wearing it as a kilt pin in either of its service or miniature versions would not be correct.

Can you explain? One was a part of the uniform, the other was only temporarily allowable. I have on occasion considered wearing the badge that has been marked retired. I can understand if one was representing themselves as having official status.

[Taskr]

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This is the one I was referring to. Curious; I went to the Net and found it listed as a commemorative medal, including on the Dept of Defence Index of Supply - from which I concluded, even though it is noted as no longer worn on one source, that it is an official decoration. From that I surmised either of the service (large) or miniature versions would be worn appropriately on the uniform tunic of a current member or jacket of a retired person who had received it since that is where orders and decorations are worn.
I'm not American, so I don't have full visibility on how and where orders and decorations are worn. Simply an observation from a Canuck perspective where Honours and Awards in both service and miniature forms may be worn by civilians, service members, retired members on appropriate occasions. I'd not wear any of my miniatures as a kilt pin.

[KMCMICHAEL]

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This is the one I was referring to. Curious; I went to the Net and found it listed as a commemorative medal, including on the Dept of Defence Index of Supply - from which I concluded, even though it is noted as no longer worn on one source, that it is an official decoration. From that I surmised either of the service (large) or miniature versions would be worn appropriately on the uniform tunic of a current member or jacket of a retired person who had received it since that is where orders and decorations are worn.
I'm not American, so I don't have full visibility on how and where orders and decorations are worn. Simply an observation from a Canuck perspective where Honours and Awards in both service and miniature forms may be worn by civilians, service members, retired members on appropriate occasions. I'd not wear any of my miniatures as a kilt pin.

They gave them to us for the 75th anniversary of the Patrol. I have the larger one somewhere. Odd that you could find it. I cannot fathom that anyone could possibly be offended by the usage as a kilt pin. Especially since I did 28 years. There is a Border Patrol Pipes and drums company. I tried to get an official kilt pin from a piper friend before I retired but did not.

[slothead]

Since Panache brought up Stillwater's new collection, I thought I'd post my latest (although I forgot to put it on yesterday so I still haven't worn it). This is a USAF Master Missileman Badge with Operations designator (the large wreath around its midriff).

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[McMurdo]

When I first got my Royal Naval Association kilt in honour of my Uncle McMurdo (Murdy) I wanted to get a Scottish Agate Anchor Pin. The problem has been that everyone I've seen on eBay has gone over hundreds of dollars completely out of my budget. Recently I decided to look on a different vintage site and found one suitable at a reasonable price. My only problem now was that the seller would only ship to the United States. I was lucky in that another member of xmarks graciously agreed to ship it to Canada for me. Now that I have the pin in place I will take a trip up to Uncle Murdy's final resting place. Thanks to Kilted Cole for all his help, it means the world to me. Without further ado from me, here are the photos.

[Danger85]

At my recent wedding I had a friend custom make a pin I designed of a stylised thistle.

The gold used was melted down from a chain my grandmother on my mums side had given me for my 18th as were the three garnets. This gold was also used to make my wedding ring. The silver was melted down from a chain my grandmother on my fathers side had given me as a child.

The end result is a kilt pin with lots of sentimental meaning and in my humble opinion looks pretty good as well!

[Fedgunner]

A traditional grouse foot kilt pin on Harris tweed.

I found this at a haberdashery. It is meant for a hat band, but it served my purposes.
The tartan is capercaillie

This is a kilt pin I mashed together using an inexpensive sword pin and a Military Police badge on US Army tartan.

This an ubiquitous clan kilt pin on Clan Strachan tartan.

[Terry Searl]

4 kilt pin .jpgI made this kilt pin by combining a sterling silver sword type pin with my birth stone (amethyst) and a small enameled maple leaf broach. I think it will look quite nice on my new Canadian Maple Leaf tartan kilt