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 :

 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.