INSIGNIA
The Logo
The Charge for the Society's
founding officers was to find a device which reflected many diverse
things, but most importantly symbols from the name of the Society. We
began with one of the most common symbols of nobility, a coronet.
With our first element, we discovered that each element and device
must not weigh too heavily toward one nationality, or group, over
another. And so we have :
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An unjeweled
coronet, suggesting noble rather than royal in British custom.
The Celtic dragon,
common in symbolism in Wales and England.
The Thistle, symbol of
the Scots.
The Shamrock, symbol of
the Irish.
The Celtic Cross, symbol
of early Christianity.
The Ermine tail,
heraldic noble symbol. |
The Colors
The Colors of the Society
for use on insignia, ribbons, and sashes as permitted, shall be PURPLE
and GREEN,
The symbolism shall be obvious to our members, as the most generic
and commonly associated color with nobility is purple, and perhaps of
the three "Celtic" colors, green is the most commonly
associated. The three being the red of the dragon of Wales, the red
and blue of the crosses of Scotland and England, and the green of the
shamrock of Ireland. Of these options, and considering the contrast
between the colors, purple and green was selected.
The Star Bullion Badge
The Society has authorized
two versions of the same design for use by all members in good
standing. The oval design is embroidered in silks and bullion and has
as its center the logo of the Society - Argent, a Celtic Crown Or and
Ermine Tip Sable. This design is the same in both versions of the
patch, thus designed for wear as a bullion star, or blazer patch.
Around the logo center appear the words An
Comunn Ceilteach Uasal, Celtic for
The Noble Society of Celts.
For Class 1, regular and
honorary, this wording,An Comunn
Ceilteach Uasal , interspaced with
shamrocks on the sides and a thistle top center, appears on a band
with a purple background. For all other classes (2 & 3) the
background is green. In class 1, the thistle and shamrock are in
proper, in all other classes, the shamrocks are purple. Size does not
change for Class 1, 2, or 3; and, there is no variation in size for
men or women.
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