I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear
I have been looking for exactly such a pin. Never found the right one. I want it because I am a journalist and a pin shaped like a laptop computer would just look bad.
Not to mention wearing a fedora with a "Press" card in it would be a major fashion faux pas.
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Dr. Charles A. Hays
The Kilted Perfesser
Laird in Residence, Blathering-at-the-Lectern
I just go for the clean and simple, as I usually do. So for me a large size safety pin decorated with (in this case) a button with the Oklahoma state Star on it...
My father and uncles served Australia in World War 2, This is a Rising Sun hat badge used by Australian armed forces. I wear it in memory of members of my family who served their nation
I prefer to not wear a kilt pin as I know how they came about. Jock regiment sent to work on the docks. Colonel's lady came to see them and arrived when many were working aloft. She looked up to discover everything was in proper working order and nothing was worn. She expressed her concern to the Colonel who issued the order that when the men went aloft they were to pin the kilt together between the legs. Soldiers being soldiers asked what do we do with it when not aloft and were told to pin it to the apron of the kilt. Queen Victoria visited the regiment and saw the pin so she asked its purpose. She was told to protect the soldiers modesty. She visited another regiment where a young soldier was trying to stop his kilt blowing in a strong wind and she was 'concerned for his modesty'. She then issued the instruction that all military kilts would have a means of fastening. Other ranks wear the kilt pin. Substantive (confirmed in rank) Sgts and above wear kilt rosettes. These may be round or bows with tails. The tails of the bottem rosette is level with the bottom of the kilt. The points of the tails of the 2nd rosette hang over the bottom rosette.
My wife wears an Australian National Kilt with a Rising Sun and Australia shoulder title as a pin. It's worn in memory of a relative from my family, an Englishman who fought as AIF in Gallipoli and was killed at 3rd Ypres in 1917. He is buried at Tyne Cot.
It's a reproduction 1904 - 49 third incarnation and is burnished copper and not brass. The badge and title both fasten with butterfly pin clasps. I got them from Heritage Medals Australia
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My wife wears an Australian National Kilt with a Rising Sun and Australia shoulder title as a pin. It's worn in memory of a relative from my family, an Englishman who fought as AIF in Gallipoli and was killed at 3rd Ypres in 1917. He is buried at Tyne Cot.
It's a reproduction 1904 - 49 third incarnation and is burnished copper and not brass. The badge and title both fasten with butterfly pin clasps. I got them from Heritage Medals Australia
I'm not a fan of the Australian tartans but I love the pins. They look brilliant.
Great to see your wife's kilt and kilt pin EnglishBloke, they look grand.
One small point though is that her kilt is "The Australian" STA ref 611. The "Australian National" is STA ref 6098 (Source: Scottish register of Tartans)
Originally Posted by Bob C.
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