The Prince of Wales's fur is the heraldic emblem of the Prince of Wales. It consists of three white ostrich feathers that emerge from the golden corona. The ribbon beneath the coronet contains a slang of the German ( German: [? ÃÆ'§ 'in: n] ," I serve "). In addition to being used in the royal emblem, the badge is sometimes used to symbolize Wales, especially in the Welsh rugby union and the Welsh regiment of the British Army.
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The origin of the symbol
The badge has no connection with the original Prince of Wales.
Its use is generally traced back to Edward, the Black Prince (1330-1376), the eldest son and heir of Edward III of England. Edward is boring (as an alternative to his distinguished royal arms) the shield Sable, the three argent ostriches, is described as his "shield for peace": this probably means it is the shield he uses for jousting. These arms can be seen several times in his chest tomb at Canterbury Cathedral, alternating with the hands of his kingdom (King Edward III's royal arms with the difference of label A's three points or ). The prince also uses a badge of one or more ostrich feathers in a number of other contexts.
The feathers first appeared on Edward III's wedding to the Philippa of Hainault, and it is therefore possible that the Black Prince inherited the badge from his mother. Philippa is a descendant of the Counts of Hainault, whose eldest son has the title "Count of Ostrevent", an ostrich (French: autruche , Old French spelling including < i> ostruce ) the feather becomes (possibly) a heraldic greeting on that name. Alternatively, the badge probably came from the Counts of Luxembourg, from which Philippa was also demoted, and who had used an ostrich badge.
Edward III sometimes uses an ostrich feather badge, as did other members of the royal family in the 14th and 15th centuries. Black Prince's younger brother, John of Gaunt, uses ostrich feathers in several contexts, including on very similar symbols to Edward's "shield for peace", though here his feathers are mink. Edward's unauthorized son, Sir Roger de Clarendon, holds his arms Or, in a black corner, three ostrich feathers go in disarray ; and his lawful son, King Richard II, used a badge of ostrich feathers in several colors. Henry IV used a badge of an ostrich feather with a roll wrapped around him with the motto "Ma sovereyne" or "Sovereygne"; and, of Henry's son, Henry V used ostrich feathers as a symbol of the secondary kingdom at various times, Thomas, Duke Clarence using ermine labeled ermine ostrich; John, Duke of Bedford, an ostrich with a roll of "Sovereygne"; and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, ostrich feathers crammed with fleurs-de-lis. A similar badge was used by other royal princes.
The first Welsh prince used a badge in his modern form (ie, three white feathers surrounded by a coronet, and with the slang Ich dien ) was Prince Arthur (1486-1502), Henry VII's eldest son, at the beginning of the 16th century. It was also widely used by Prince Edward, son of Henry VIII and afterwards Edward VI, although he was never officially invested as Prince of Wales. Feathers continue to be used as a lower royal badge, by Elizabeth I among others, until the end of this century. Only since the beginning of the 17th century, the badge was exclusively associated with the Prince of Wales.
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Popular accounts of origins
According to the old legend, the Black Prince earned the badge of King John blind Bohemian, against whom he fought in the Crucifixion Battle in 1346. After the battle, the prince was said to have gone to the body of the dead king, and took his helmet with an ostrich feather top, in his arms, and adopted the motto of King John, "Ich dien ", as his own. The story first appeared in writing in 1376, the year of the death of the Black Prince. There is, however, no strong historical basis for him, and there is no evidence that King John had used the emblem (he actually bore the wings of the vultures) or the motto.
Because the key factor in the victory of the British army in CrÃÆ'Â © cy is the use of Welsh archers, it is also sometimes said to have been the pride of Edward to the people of Wales who made him adopt a symbol that offends their help. The medieval German motto "Ich dien " ("I serve") is a close homophone for the Welsh phrase " Eich Dyn "means" Your Man ", which may have helped lure the young Black Prince to the Welsh army in particular. However, again, there is no historical evidence to support this theory. In 1917, during the First World War, there were rumors that the motto might be officially changed to " Eich Dyn " to avoid using German.
The modern usage of the badge
Military use
The badge is a hat badge of the Royal Welsh, a combination of three Welsh regiments, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Territorial Territorial Welsh Royal Regiment. Previously it was a stamp badge of the Prince Prince's Private Prince's Civil Army, whose motto is also Ich dien .
This badge also appears as an element on the regimental badge of many regiments of British and other Commonwealth troops who have historical ties with the Prince of Wales:
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Grays) (as arm badges)
- Lympstone Royal Navy Command Service Training Center (part of the stamp badge)
- 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales)
- Royal princess Royal Regiment (Queen and Royal Hampshires) (part of hat badges)
- Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) (part of the stamp badge)
- Gurkha 2nd 2nd Edward VII Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own) (part of the stamp badge)
- The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
- 2 Honorable Artillery Company Squadron (Badge Squadron)
- 4th Battalion 8 Punjab Regiment
- The 4th/19th Light King of Wales Horse Regiment
- The Royal Canadian Regiment (part of the stamp badge)
- Ceylon Light Infantry
- Bengal Engineer Group
- The Royal Women's Wales Regiment (part of the stamp badge)
- Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (part of the stamp badge)
- 2 Engineer (Pak Army) From 1805 Princess of Wales' Own
- The Royal Hussars (PWO) From 1969 to 1992
- The Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College since 1922 is currently known as Rashtriya Indian Military College
Sports use
Feathers have traditionally been worn on T-shirts of players on the Welsh rugby union team, sewn on T-shirts of players representing Welsh clubs before any national team or union. Since then it has been adopted as the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) logo. In the 1990s, WRU modified the badge shapes they used for design copyright. The new logo is more stylish, with "WRU" instead of " Ich dien ". As a WRU logo, the feathers of the Prince of Wales are also represented in one part of the British and Irish Lion badges.
The Welsh Rugby League has been attached to three traditional feathers with " Cymru RL " (" RL
The feathers appeared on the Wrexham Association Football Club badge.
Surrey County Cricket Club was granted permission in 1915 to use fur for their badges: their home ground, The Oval, was on land owned by the Prince of Wales.
The feathers are used as the Oxford University Rifle Club logo (OURC).
FC Spoffenheim has used Ich Dien's fur and logo after taking inspiration from their original land on Black Prince Road.
Other uses
The Prince of Wales college, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, has been wearing feathers since the beginning of school in 1876.
The badge appeared behind two British pence coins printed between 1971 and 2008, many still in circulation. The badge appeared as a mark of origin on silver coins printed using silver mined by the Welshs in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
During the British Civil War, most of the coins printed by Charles I in his war candies in warts carried feathers. The feathers appeared on these coins because Charles I did not have access to the Royal Mint in London and instead transferred Aberystwyth Mint (originally founded for silver Welsh coins) to Shrewsbury and then Oxford as an emergency measure. Therefore, all the Civil War provincial sweets are an effective sub-branch of the Aberystwyth mint.
The badge was until 1985 on the emblem of the state of Penang, a country in Malaysia today, founded in 1786 as a settlement of Prince Wales Island.
This badge is written on a foundation stone, founded on February 25, 1927, of Patna Medical College and Hospital, in Patna, Bihar, India, founded in 1925 as Prince of Wales Medical College. The motto " Ich dien " is still widely used within the institution.
This badge is used by people in Malta called 'The Prince of Wales Philharmonic Society'. The scope of this organization is mainly related to music but also related to the feast of St. Dominic at Vittoriosa in Malta. Malta is a British colony for 200 years, and there are various clubs and organizations that have the name of a royal personality.
From 1932 to its abolition in 1965, Borough City Barnes in London used feathers based on the Prince of Wales property on his emblem. The reason is that Prince Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) was born in the area.
The Norfolk County Council was given special permission by King Edward VII to use the badge on his arm, in recognition of the Sandringham House, which was one of King's favorite dwellings. Edward holds the Prince of Wales title for 59 years, making him the longest holder.
The derivative of the badge is used by Prince's Trust, a charitable organization that helps young people.
Many pubs in Britain are named The Prince of Wales's Feathers, the Prince's Feathers or just Feathers, especially in the area associated with the kingdom.
See also
- Dieu et mon droit
- Flag of Wales
- Fleur-de-lis
- Honi soit qui mal y pense
- Rashtriya Indian Military College
- United Kingdom Badge
- Royal Welsh
- Canadian Royal Standard
References
Bibliography
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Pinch, J.H.; Pinching, R.V. (1974). The Royal Heraldry of England . London: The Symbol of Today. ISBN: 090045525X. - Scott-Giles, C. Wilfrid (1929). The Romance of Heraldry . London: JM Dent. Siddons, Michael Powell (2009). Heraldic Badges in England and Wales . 2.1 . Woodbridge: Society of Antiquaries/Boydell. pp.Ã, 178-90. ISBN: 9781843834939.
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