Lapel Pin on an Argyll?

[PiobBear]

I wear an enameled red poppy with the banner "We Will Remember" on my Argyll lapel all the time.

[macwilkin]

I wear an enameled red poppy with the banner "We Will Remember" on my Argyll lapel all the time.

I have a similar poppy from the Australian RSL that a friend in Queensland sent me for ANZAC Day.

T.

[Tartan Hiker]

Yep, I sport a tiny enameled clan pin on my lapel.

[Tattoo Bradley]

I wear a small crossed American and Saltire flags pin on my left lapel.

[Jock Scot]

I think from the Scots slant on this would be if your Argyll is tweed then a small pin, or, badge through or by the buttonhole on the left lapel is alright. I can't say it is common though. If it is a black barathea ,silver buttoned Argyll, then apart from a poppy at the correct time of year, no lapel badges are worn. After all, you would not wear badges on your morning suit. Would you?

As to a clan badge on your Argyll breast pocket then we don't do it. A blazer is traditionally the place to wear a club,regimental,or university badge(I have never seen a clan badge worn as such) and of course, a blazer is not worn with the kilt.

Apart from wearing a clan badge on you bonnet, why do you need more badges? Surely your clan tartan is saying loud and clear to all, which clan you belong to. The clan badge does not actually say which clan it belongs to any more than a tartan does. So, unless you know your tartans and clan badges, the rest of the world is still none the wiser!

[macwilkin]

I think from the Scots slant on this would be if your Argyll is tweed then a small pin, or, badge through or by the buttonhole on the left lapel is alright. I can't say it is common though. If it is a black barathea ,silver buttoned Argyll, then apart from a poppy at the correct time of year, no lapel badges are worn. After all, you would not wear badges on your morning suit. Would you?

As to a clan badge on your Argyll breast pocket then we don't do it. A blazer is traditionally the place to wear a club,regimental,or university badge(I have never seen a clan badge worn as such) and of course, a blazer is not worn with the kilt.

Apart from wearing a clan badge on you bonnet, why do you need more badges? Surely your clan tartan is saying loud and clear to all, which clan you belong to. The clan badge does not actually say which clan it belongs to any more than a tartan does. So, unless you know your tartans and clan badges, the rest of the world is still none the wiser!

Again, spot on advice, Jock, especially regarding blazer badges.

T.

[puffer]

IMHO, I view wearing my "Scottish Jackets" the same as wearing a "civilian" sports jacket or suit jacket. Therefore, if I would wear a pin in my lapel button hole on the "civilian, then I would wear the same on the "Scot's" jacket. As to what & when, it depends on the "occasion"

Puffer

[The Wizard of BC]

I wear either a small Scottish Tartans Authority enameled pin or miniature Aviator wings on the left lapel of my Tweed Kilt-Cut Sport Coats. No larger than 1".

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I think there is a significant difference between a pin and a rosette, which generally signifies membership in an order of merit or chivalry. Pins may be appropriately worn on the lapel of any jacket, other than with white tie. Rosettes, which are made of very fine silk ribbon, are usually confined to the lapels of suits, and dinner jackets.

Generally speaking British orders of merit or chivalry do not have an accompanying rosette, while those of other countries do carry such a distinction.

[Howard Clark]

I wear a little sterling silver anvil/hammer as a lapel pin. Has nothing to do with anyone but me.