museumtom Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 http://centenarynews.com/article?id=1166 Should this not be a the King's crown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 Don't think so - it would be the crown worn by Victoria, which was heraldically of a different pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 If it relates to the Great War only, as it says, then it ought to be an Imperial crown (often called "King's"). Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootrock Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 It is St Edward's crown, traditionally used at Coronations. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbarchetta Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 This is the standard 'queen' version of the crown. Since the VC was instituted in Victoria's reign, it has her crown on. They are not, then, going to change the design of the medal when the monarch changes to a bloke - it is still the Victoria Cross!! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 Thanks James - my point, but probably better made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 A recently photographed example > Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 23 October , 2013 Share Posted 23 October , 2013 The Crown on the VC itself has never changed. The engraving on the headstones is perhaps to simplify the process - but it does not change with the monarch (such as cap badges). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 24 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 24 October , 2013 There you go, you learn something every day. Thank you everyone for teasing this out. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmaasz Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 Just to add a little bit to Staffsyeoman's comment about crowns on cap badges changing: The cap badge of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars was officially produced with a number of different crowns depending on the monarch of the time, but strictly speaking only one is correct: that of Queen Adelaide. The reason being that the badge contains Queen Adelaide's cypher AR, and it is wrong to put another monarch's crown over it. I won't try and post photos of the various badges but a quick visit to ebay may show some of them. PS. I just took a look at ebay: The badges with the square shoulders to the crown are correct. The king's type crown as shown on the silk is incorrect. PPS: Even the badge on the avatar I'm using is wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbarchetta Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 PPS: Even the badge on the avatar I'm using is wrong! Frankly I'm appalled at your slapdash, amateurish attempt at an avatar - it has been infuriating me for months every time I read one of your posts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 Just to add a sideline; many dealers on a well known online auction site put up Queen Victoria crown cap badges of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, calling them varying degrees of rare. Ah yes. Except they were still in production in the Second World War and were worn in the desert and in Normandy.. (It was to commemorate the fact that it was The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmaasz Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 redbarchetta - I am appropriately humbled. All I can say in my own defence is: when a long time ago I joined the Forum I used the logo from one of our regimental association's publications... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted 26 October , 2013 Share Posted 26 October , 2013 To return to the original post it seems a little odd to make paving stones over which people will walk rather than wall plaques. On the question of crowns I once saw a artillery battery badge in which a saxon crown was superimposed over a Royal crown.., I suspect there is simply a lack of knowledge of heraldic convention Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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