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Royal Engineers candleholder

WWI Arcadian crested china candleholder ' Royal Engineers '

stands a whopping 5 cm tall

 

During the WWI period commemorative china was popular among the lower middle classes and upper working classes in the UK.

This Arcadian candleholder carries the Arms of the Royal Engineers with the motto of the RE ' Honi soit qui mal y pense ' and their battle honour ' Ubique ' [ Latin for 'everywhere' ].

 

link to the Imperial War Museum page on commemorative china: www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war-crested-china

 

link to the Royal Engineers in WWI:

www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-corp...

 

link to the wiki page on the Royal Engineers:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Engineers

 

link to the history of the motto ' Honi soit qui mal y pense ' :

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense

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Uploaded on July 22, 2016
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