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Foot Guards Regiments Officers, NCO's, Insignia &
Aiguillettes

Since 1998 The House of Labhran has worked to bring you a wide range of high quality officers military badges, officers silk  sashes, No1
uniform dress and mess dress insignia as worn by the Guards regiments. We hope to expand this range to include insignia from The
Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards. For Guards pattern sword knots please visit the sword
knot page.

If you can't see what you are looking for please
e-mail us as we also make a range of insignia and badges to order. Will be adding more
historical patterns over time from the 19th century suitable for military re- en actors uniforms.
Military Regimental Tartans
Reference Page

To aid those looking into the
history of regimental tartans we
have added a page for reference
as detailed by the Scottish
Tartans Authority.

Link to Historical and regimental
military tartans reference page
Click here
Foot Guards NCO Collar Dogs
scottish military uniforms and kilts foot guards officers / sgts badge insignia


Image coming soon
foot guards officers / sgts badge insignia
Scots Guards NCO mess dress collar dogs

Scots Guards NCO Mess dress thistle collar
dogs on dark navy ground.



£20 a pair
Made to order
Welsh Guards Sgt's mess dress collars


Gilt wire embroidered leeks worked on extra
dark navy melton cloth. Sergeants silver. 1"
high Leek insignia

£12
Made to order
Irish Guards NCO mess dress collar dogs

Silver wire NCO Mess dress shamrock collar
dogs




£20 a pair
Foot Guards RSM / WO1 Sleeve Crests
foot guards rsm sleeve badge insignia
Warrant officers crown WO1 rank
Guards RSM rank crest insignia

Large Guards RSM No1 dress sleeve
badge worn on upper right hand sleeve of
all guards regiments. In gold and silver wire,
silks on scarlet felt base. 14cm x 16 cm
£65
Made to order
Guards RSM rank crest No2  insignia

Large Guards RSM No2 dress sleeve
badge worn on right hand sleeve of all
guards regiments. In silks on khaki felt
base. 14cm x 16 cm
£45
Made to order
Guards WO1 sleeve crest

Small coat of arms worn by non-RSMs, such as
WO I musicians, and WO Is not appointed RSM.
Wire and silk on dark blue felt


£15
Guards Regimental  Brass Buttons
     
Welsh Guards Brass button

Reproduction brass buttons ideal for
reenactors uniforms. Large size.

£
Grenadier Guards Brass button

Reproduction brass buttons ideal for
reenactors uniforms. Large size.

£
Coldstream Guards Brass button

Reproduction brass buttons ideal for reenactors
uniforms. Large size.

£
QEII Foot Guards CSM Sleeve Badges
foot guards regimental insignia
guards regiment CSM sleeve insignia
guards regiment CSM sleeve insignia
Grenadier Guards CSM badge insignia

Guards CQSM bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.

£25
Coldstream Guards CSM badge insignia

Guards CQSM bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.

£25
Irish Guards CSM badge insignia

Guards CQSM bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.

£25
 
guards regiment CSM sleeve insignia
welsh guards regimental csm insignia
 
 
Scots Guards CSM badge insignia

Guards CQSM bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.

£25
Welsh Guards CSM badge insignia

Guards CQSM bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.

£25
 
Victorian Pattern Guards Colour Sergeants Sleeve Badges
victorian guards CSM insignia
victorian guards CSM insignia
victorian guards CSM insignia
Scots Guards CSM badge insignia

Victorian pattern Guards CQSM bullion
badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.
Made to the insignia original pattern for the
re en actors and historical film makers.

£25
Irish Guards CSM badge insignia

Victorian pattern Guards CQSM bullion
badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.
Made to the insignia original pattern for the
re en actors and historical film makers.

£25
Coldstream Guards CSM badge insignia

Victorian pattern Guards CQSM bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.
Made to the insignia original pattern for the re en
actors and historical film makers.

£25
 
 
victorian guards CSM insignia
 
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  Grenadier Guards CSM badge insignia

Victorian pattern Grenadier Guards CQSM
bullion badge
Large insignia worn over sleeve stripes.
Made to the insignia original pattern for the
re en actors and historical film makers.

£25
SOLD OUT
 
Scots Guards Pipers Regimental Kilt Pins
scots guards pipers kilt pin scottish military glengarry badge insignia
scots guards pipers kilt pin scottish military glengarry badge insignia
scottish highlanders military badges and buttons
 
Scots Guards silver plated pipers issue kilt
pin

Scots Guards pipers regimental kilt pin as
worn by regimental Scots Guards pipers in
silver plate with  enamelled centre. Scots
guards star on sliding bar with side chain.
Worn on Royal Stewart kilt by regimental
pipers between the regimental pattern kilt
rosettes.

The Scots Guards (SG) is a regiment of the
Guards Division of the British Army, whose
origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King
Charles I of England and Scotland. Its
lineage can be traced as far back as 1642.

The Scots Guards is ranked as the third
regiment of Foot Guards; as such, Scots
Guardsmen can be recognised by having
the buttons on their tunics spaced in threes
£99
Made to order
6 weeks
Scots Guards hallmarked sterling silver
Pipe Major's  kilt pin

Scots Guards pipers regimental kilt pin as
worn by regimental Scots Guards pipers in
hallmarked sterling silver with  enamelled
centre. Scots guards star on sliding bar with
side chain. Worn on Royal Stewart kilt by
regimental Pipe Major's between the
regimental pattern kilt rosettes.

The Scots Guards (SG) is a regiment of the
Guards Division of the British Army, whose
origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King
Charles I of England and Scotland. Its
lineage can be traced as far back as 1642.

The Scots Guards is ranked as the third
regiment of Foot Guards; as such, Scots
Guardsmen can be recognised by having
the buttons on their tunics spaced in threes
£149.99
Made to order
6 weeks
 
Officers Shoulder Aiguillettes & Cords
highland officers shoulder boards and insignia in gold wire
british / scottish military sword knot
 

Gold coloured Aiguillette with tags and
netted tops. Worn on the right shoulder with
No1 dress. Ideal for drum Majors uniform
Made to order
£30
Army silver Aiguillette

Silver coloured Aiguillette with tags and
netted tops. Worn on the right shoulder with
No1 dress. Ideal for drum Majors uniform.

£30
For a full range of officers regimental sword
knots
click here

The Foot Guards are the Infantry
regiments of the Household
Division of the British Army.
which was formed during the
First World War was disbanded
in 1920:

Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Irish Guards
Welsh Guards
Guards Machine Gun Regiment
("Machine Gun Guards")

While regiments may have other
distinguishing features, a
simple method of identification
is by observing the spacing of
buttons on the tunic. The
ascending number of buttons
also indicates the order in which
the regiments were formed,
although the 1st Regiment of
Foot Guards, an ancestor of the
Grenadier Guards, is younger
than the regiment that now
takes the name of the
Coldstream Guards; the oldest
continuously serving regiment in
the regular British Army (there
are older regiments in the
Territorial Army).

There are various other
methods of distinguishing
between the regiments - the
colour of the plume, and what
side it is worn on the bearskin,
the collar badge and the
shoulder badge.

When all five regiments parade
together, they are in the order
Grenadier Guards on the right
flank, then Scots Guards, Welsh
Guards, Irish Guards and
Coldstream Guards on the left
flank. This is because, although
the Coldstream are ranked
second in seniority, their motto
is 'Nulli Secundus' ('Second to
None').

Units of the Foot Guards

Grenadier Guards
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Nijmegen Company, Grenadier
Guards

Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion, Coldstream
Guards
No 7 Company, Coldstream
Guards

Scots Guards
1st Battalion, Scots Guards
F Company, Scots Guards

Irish Guards
1st Battalion, Irish Guards

Welsh Guards
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards


History of the Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards (GREN
GDS) is the most senior
regiment of the Guards Division
of the British Army, and, as
such, is the most senior
regiment of infantry. It is not,
however, the most senior
regiment of the Army, this
position being attributed to the
Life Guards. The Coldstream
Guards was formed before the
Grenadier Guards, but that
regiment is ranked after the
Grenadiers in seniority as it was
a regiment of the New Model
Army.

The grouping of buttons on the
tunic is a common way to
distinguish between the
regiments of Foot Guards.
Grenadier Guards' buttons are
equally spaced and embossed
with the Royal Cypher reversed
and interlaced surrounded by
the Royal Garter bearing Honi
soit qui mal y pense (Evil be to
him who evil thinks ).

Their “Buff Belt” brass clasped
also carry the Royal Cypher,
Modern Grenadier Guardsmen
wear a cap badge of a "grenade
fired proper" with seventeen
flames. This cap badge is to be
cleaned twice a day once in the
morning and once in the
afternoon, as it is made from
brass and a tarnished grenade
is frowned upon by all in the
regiment.i
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