Castle Room, Ft Belvoir

 
Joseph McMillan
 
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Joseph McMillan
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27 December 2011 08:47
 

Aquilo;91118 wrote:

Why do I have a feeling that someone SCREWED not only this one but ALL them to the panels in the most terrible way ...just drilling through these historical enemeled metal badges and coats !


Most of them are actually made of wood—apparently plywood, so screwing them to the paneling probably was a sensible and secure way of mounting them at the time.

 

I suspect that the move of the Engineer Center and School to Missouri is responsible for the not-so-great upkeep of the display.  Those who would be most attentive to the condition of the insignia, namely officers who served in the various units, are no longer seeing the collection on a regular basis.

 
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27 December 2011 22:04
 

Think very old compas or dividers ... like in the Masonic symbols.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Compas-equerre.jpg

Great image collection!

Carl

 
Michael F. McCartney
 
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28 December 2011 16:25
 

That’s what I would have expected an heraldic compass to look like—i.e. with sharply pointed ends—rather than the rather blunt ends in the example shown earlier.  But I suppose its covered, if somewhat loosely, by artistic license.

 
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28 December 2011 21:22
 

Aquilo;91118 wrote:

Why do I have a feeling that someone SCREWED not only this one but ALL them to the panels in the most terrible way ...


The task was probably given to some private who didn’t know better wink