MY FAVOURITE LAPEL BADGES

[@girafficparkgaming]

Hi Ash. You mentioned Ypres. My grandfather was honoured all 3 ww1 medals. He served here. He joined aged 19 the royal artillery in 1912. He had shrapnel marks all over his body. His mate was blown to smithereens next to him. In 1939-45 he was in Balloon Barage , which of course was the RAF. He was awarded 2 more medals. I was 5 when he passed, but he brought me up. He was based at Victoria Barracks in Beverley, not far from Leconfield ( where I guess you may have been based). He was born in Nafferton near Driffield. Someone commented on my Army Veteran badge last week, saying respect.

[@martindurkin8837]

How wonderful to see your very dapper Father Ash!

[@TheChapsGuide]

You are so kind

[@MexieMex]

I do love a good lapel pin, along with a pocket square, I consider them an essential part of a gentleman's attire.

[@velviaman3206]

I wear a Lancaster lapel badge in tribute to my namesake and uncle who disappeared over Germany aged 21.

[@Draco52-h5r]

Great lapel badges you have Ash. Congrats! Have a nice weekend!

[@anthonyroberts7987]

I was hoping you would reveal a Blue Peter badge!

[@TheChapsGuide]

My son has one.

[@anthonyroberts7987]

@@TheChapsGuide Brilliant! I am very happy to have found your channel. Here in the Pacific Northwest ( ex-pat ex-RAF) my Barbour jackets are my best friends!

[@markbrigden8972]

I served in the RAF 1979 to 1986. I was never given a lapel badge. The same goes with the ID Card showing you are a veteran.

[@MexieMex]

I'm a bit later, but same here.

[@HistoricGentleman]

I think older generations got the short shrift on a ton of “extras” upon leaving… unless you count that extra pair of dms boots for garden use and a pair of temperate DPM trousers that fast became shorts….thats all she wrote

[@TheChapsGuide]

You get your badge here, you have to apply for it: www.gov.uk/apply-medal-or-veterans-badge

[@HistoricGentleman]

@@TheChapsGuide TA for the link, Ash. I’ll be sending away for one and retire that sadly out of fashion blue blazer with badge.

[@markbrigden8972]

@@TheChapsGuide Thank you,

[@Dappertrucker]

I must admit that you have amazing achievements in the RAF myself hold the legions of merit award myself along with her Majesty jubilee award of her 70 years service to the Crown and hold the Order of the Crown Sir

[@GreggKocenko]

A great topic and video. Thank you for posting. God bless you!!

[@Thannock]

I started wearing them because of you. I usually wear my daffodil badge or a welsh flag that belonged to my late grandfather.

[@chrishewitt4220]

Ex-RAF and Ex-Gordon Highlander (TA) here... 'fabulously cold', yeah I knew what you meant! LOL

[@hoozat007]

Interesting timing for this video. I have been on the lookout for one or two lapel badges that I would want to wear. I’m a veteran of the Canadian army, specifically as an armoured crewman. I could get a badge for one of the two regiments I served in, but I would prefer one for the Armoured Corps. Unfortunately they don’t seem to have one. I like the design of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps badge… you should look it up.

[@adrianwalker2833]

Oh yes, with the clenched fist in a gauntlet!

[@glebz7294]

Oh! That's a nice new jacket! Looks like something similar to Barbour International McQueen jacket? Would be interesting to see a review of it...

[@lynn5447]

In the US, lapel pins are rare. Veterans are not issued a pin and there is no official pin. It is rare to see anything on the lapel. Perhaps something political. Poppies have disappeared on November 11th, perhaps since it is now Veterans Day and not Armistice Day. Ever thought of getting a lapel pin for the Nirvana Club? The tie is great. A lapel pin would be grand.

[@topazcat1]

Very nice, sometimes I think I am the only chap who wears these in Wisconsin USA. I don't care, mine are Military and Veteran related as well. I have also worn the 4 most significant Ribbons.

[@theofarmmanager267]

Apart from poppy time when it’s the Royal Marine Corps poppy badge, it’s a flower every time.

[@ianmarywilliams]

Another wonderful video Ash. I've now got my quality shoe collection up to 40 plus of Loake, Cheaney, Barkers, Trickers and Chatham. Tomorrow, 22/11/24 is sadley my mothers funeral and I've specially polishis a pair of Barkers Oxford Shoes by watching your tutorials, and I might say they look superb, so much so my son who is flying in from Germany has cadged a pair for himself, along with my 17 year old grandson. Our foot wear may draw some recognition from the mourners at the wake afterwards and if it dose I'll lift a drink to your continueded health sir and long may it continue.😉

[@barriedavies7739]

Nice to see your father wearing the RWF tie.

[@TheChapsGuide]

He served with RWF in Berlin from 1949.

[@spsmith1965]

Good one.

[@TheDavecroft]

The one in the thumbnail look s like either a dead white spider or an extractor fan.

[@darkphotographer]

i wear a jollyroger ,

[@robhastings1005]

The 'Forget Me Not' flower?

[@bigbadbith8422]

Goodness me, your dad looks a fine man. Bodes well for the future, I trust 😊

[@hoozat007]

I recognized Ryan’s pin immediately: UVic… my alma mater.

[@albertocasirati7788]

Nice video as usual, thank you. I fully agree. I usually wear my lapel badges related to the legitimate chivalry Orders I belong to. It seems to me that, given the western civilization current moral and valour decay, showing your belief in traditional moral values can be of some use.

[@photoplanet]

They should bring back the wearing of swords.... How better for a gentleman to display both his taste in sharpened 'bling', but also his ability to use it...

[@albertocasirati7788]

@photoplanet 😊

[@HistoricGentleman]

I know I’m old and tend to be behind the times, but wasn’t this what blazer badges are for, not that we always want to be stuck in a navy blazer with a pair of flannels on….maybe times truly have passed me by.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Sounds like it sir.

[@stefanobio7045]

Edward Woodward in the Equaliser always wore a lapel pin.

[@teenoso4069]

Check him out in Callan

[@stefanobio7045]

@teenoso4069 Yes loved Callan another good TV series, thank you.

[@arneldobumatay3702]

Coincidentally, I've taken a interest in lapel stick-pins Inspired by the Brit TV show 'Maigret" with Micheal Gambon. Like lapel badges, stick-pins are inexpensive!

[@Olyfrun]

And often such a disconnected market too! The places you find stickpins are very often not the places one finds the more traditional lapel pin- they are particularly popular with artisanal silversmiths, often found at craft fairs.

[@photoplanet]

What was today's choice of jacket, please?

[@Nick.Brough]

this is the &Sons "black gold" waxed jacket

[@TheChapsGuide]

Correct sir!

[@Nick.Brough]

@@TheChapsGuide it is very similar in style to the Belstaff Trialmaster. It’s a very handsome jacket.

[@RaoulKunz1]

Pins - hmm I rarely wear one, I mostly use a huge collection of boutonnières, naturally they're semiotically coded, though mostly people have no idea what they actually mean. I only have three occasionally used pins: a lifetime member pin for the HPLHS (Howard Phillips Lovecraft Historical Society) I usually wear on my waistcoat's lapel, then there's the one I only wear on trade shows - the green cross and blue foot of the orthopaedic shoemaker trade, actually helpfull there, but it's really horrible colour-wise😅 and a pop-cultural joke - the Nuka Cola bottle cap, I'm almost a little sad that many people "get" it with the success of the recent Fallout show...😂 Of course none of those is even close to the level of noblility and inspirarion of the collection shown here - a stunningly distinguished asortment! Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@peterdeblois960]

Is that a MBE badge?

[@TheChapsGuide]

Yes sir.

[@adrianwalker2833]

But make sure to wear only lapel pins of organisations you're a member of. As they are so prominent, they stand out and you're bound to get questions. Avoid any fancy ones and don't wear more than one.

[@verykeen2please]

Poppy pin