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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2007 10:07:31 GMT
Can anyone explain the reason for the emblems on the shield on this long service badge of The Metropolitan Railway. I'm just curious.  |
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Post by Oracle on May 18, 2007 10:33:53 GMT
Well, I think the three swords is the badge / coat of arms of the County of Middlesex, and the Hart (deer) of the County of Hertford or Hertfordshire, plus the City of London's St George's Cross*, so the other must be the County of Buckingham or Buckinghamshire? That is the Counties that the Met served.
*I was a bit concerned that it may have been the Administrative County of London but it's not! It's the CITY of London.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2007 10:55:46 GMT
Thanks Oracle. Another interesting piece of trivia for me.
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Post by amershamsi on May 18, 2007 11:46:03 GMT
the symbol for Buckinghamshire is a Swan
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Post by 21146 on Jan 28, 2008 18:56:46 GMT
These were issued well into LT days
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2008 22:38:46 GMT
That is the Metropolitan Railway crest which includes the counties that the Met used to cover. Just to correct Oracle slightly,
Hertfordshire is indeed the Deer
The Three Daggers are infact for Essex (when the Met used to run to Barking)
Buckinghamshire is the Swan
which leaves the St Georges Cross for the City of London
If anyone visits the Met Bar at Baker St, you will notice all the County Council emblems in the ceiling..
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Post by Oracle on Jan 28, 2008 23:39:09 GMT
The East Saxon [Essex] swords are detailed here: www.civicheraldry.co.uk/essex.htmlwhereas the Middle Saxons [Middlesex, the county of my birth, by a some yards as Surrey was on the opposite side of the Thames from the hospital] also had three swords, but had the crown on top: www.civicheraldry.co.uk/middlesex.htmlAnd it was also the badge of my Grammar School. As I said I thnk the Deer is a Hart, as in The White Hart. And this is what Wiki says, as I just checked but should have done so before: The etymological root of the name is the Anglo-Saxon heort ford, meaning deer crossing (of a watercourse). Deer feature prominently in many county emblems.
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