Royal Tank Regiment Sporran Hanger

[Bruce Scott]

I spotted this on the Royal Tank Regiment Facebook site and wondered if it's something peculiar to the RTR Pipes & Drums or also used in other regiments.



https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid...90094623281249

[OC Richard]

Except of course for the badge, it appears to be the same dark brown leather sporran worn by the Royal Regiment of Scotland in No2 Dress.



The RRS sporran is bottom right.

The others show Black Watch sporrans from various periods.

At some point (1970s??) the soldiers began colouring their sporrans black, and the MOD responded by issuing those quite nasty black vinyl ones (1980s?)

Happily when the RRS was formed they went back to the original dark brown leather.



I read that the Pipes & Drums of 1RTR wear the Hunting Rose/Rose of Kilravock tartan.

[YOJiMBO20]

That doesn’t look like a sporran hanger. I’m pretty sure it’s just the kilt showing above the sporran in the opening of the jacket.

[Bruce Scott]

That doesn’t look like a sporran hanger. I’m pretty sure it’s just the kilt showing above the sporran in the opening of the jacket.

Ah yes, I can see that now.

[OC Richard]

Ha! I answered the question in the original post, not the one in the thread title!

Yes "sporran hangers" are a recent American invention and there is no way that a British military unit would have such a thing.

[MacKenzie]

I'll agree wit the first comment [visible to me] on the faceplant page, "...he needs to pull his kilt down and his socks up."

::: I'll see myself out :::