British Legion Standard Bearers Sling Badge
The Royal British Legion Standard, original designed in 1922 by Colonel E C
Heath, the first General Secretary of the British Legion. It made it's first
appearance in June that year at the Crystal Palace Sports Day.
It was first paraded as the National Standard at the Annual Conference Cenotaph
Service in 1924, on Whit Sunday. By the end of 1928, one in every three branches
had their own Standards.
This 1929 photograph below is of HRH the Prince of Wales presenting the Kent
British Legion with their first County Standard as a special ceremony in Mote
Park, Maidstone Kent. The Standards should be looked upon as the rallying point
of the branch, and as a constant symbolic reminder of the Legions' motto
"Service not Self".
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British Legion
Attributed to the
Birmingham Medal Company
1930 -1946
Donated by
Jerry Murphy
