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The insignia of a Knight Bachelor. The insignia was devised in 1926 and is described as:

Upon an oval medallion of vermilion, enclosed by a scroll a cross-hilted sword belted and sheathed, pommel upwards, between two spurs, rowels upwards, the whole set about with the sword belt, all gilt

This image was created by Eva db on 2 May 2006. I drew it myself using available reference books as guides. I then made it bolder with a marker and tweaked it some with the computer. It is hereby released into the Public Domain.

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current07:25, 3 May 2006912×1,242 (112 KB)Evadb (== Summary == The insignia of a Knight Bachelor. The insignia was devised in 1926 and is described as: ''Upon an oval medallion of vermilion, enclosed by a scroll a cross-hilted sword belted and sheathed, pommel upwards, between two spurs, rowel)
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