THE ROYAL CIPHER.
ff —'— HIS MAJESTY'S ORDKR3 SOR THE NEW DESIGN. The Secretary for War has notifiec to the army that the King has selectee and approved the Eoyal cipher to b( worn on badges, buttons, and otLer de vices throughout the service, wherevei the Eoyal cipher is at present borne The cipher consists of " E " and " R' impaled with " VII," inserted on th( lower loop of the " E," the whole surmounted by a crown; and the desigi has boon made plain, without foliation at Ilis Majesty's express wish. No deviation from it whatever will be permitted, and bo device or ornament wil be placed above or upon it, Special instructions are given as tc the erowD, there beiDg in use at present some half-dozon crowns of difl'erent patterns, some of tlnam of foreign shape or dsviations from the British, That now to be adopted, and to become the sealed pattern for the army, in the Tudor " Henry Vlf." crowr, stated tc have been chesen, and always used bj Qusea Victuria personally, and all other pattern* are to bo abolished.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 173, 5 August 1901, Page 2
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180THE ROYAL CIPHER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 173, 5 August 1901, Page 2
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