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24th August 2002	Sphinx collar badge By Clive Dickens Could anyone enlighten me on the following it appears that there are TWO patterns of theSphinx badge one being a mail sphinx the other a female sphinx I know the South Wales Borderers wore the mail pattern but who wore the female pattern? Clive
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24th August 2002	Martin Everett Dear Clive, The Sphinx was awarded to 2 Foot Guards and 29 Infantry regiments of Foot as a Battle Honour after the 1801 campaign in Egypt. Over the years different designs of the Sphinx have been used and this is still the case today. The 24th and South Wales Borderers have traditionally used a female version (although I have been told there is no such thing). At some stage - the officers retained the female version as collar badges, but the soldiers adopted a male version. In the 1950s a Quartermaster ordered white metal males sphinx collar to be worn by all ranks. The two different versions of the cllar badge are available from the on-line shop. Later in 1960s XXVI inside a wreath was adopted as the regimental collar badge. If you are really serious about getting to the bottom of this query then write to me and I have a 4 page acticle on the subject which contains all the different designs of sphinx used by the British Army over the years.
25th August 2002	CLIVE DICKENS Martin Thank you for your very kind offer, yes I am genuine in my interest in the matter and would very much like to take you up on your very offer. I have e-mailed you privately on this Thank you again Clive