AUSTRIAN EAGLE AS BRITISH BADGE
The Double Eagle of Austria-Is to be adopted as cap. . badgfr—and collar badge for officers— by the Ist King's Dragoon Guards. • ■■ ■: : .Recently the War Office sanctioned the return, Jgthe regiment of this badg£*l|vHch/Jt%as. worn during the maiiiy 'years ?ftie"!i!iiiiperor Franz Josef of-Austria'was: colonel-in-chief of the regiment. At the outbreak of the war the -Emperor wro,te conyeying to the regiment his sorrow- at the coming conflict. The ,Emperor also stated that ill the event' of ■ any ■ member of the King's Dragoon Guards being taken prisoner by.his army he hoped that he would be informed at once by the regiment,- .':Jr..'.'.'.Ci ..-..': '..""■" r'': :'■■''■'■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 6
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105AUSTRIAN EAGLE AS BRITISH BADGE Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 6
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