Topic: Chance 'like' tray with Mercian Brigade logo.

[keith]

At 39p thought it may have been Chances although I don't really care I just want to know what the image is / represents I've had a good look and if I see another double headed eagle I'll explode, help please  sorry about the picture quality 

[Paul S.]

no idea Keith - sorry  ........   but, I'm seeing a crown at the top - and there's no getting away from the bird you mention  -  perhaps a company logo, emblem for some monastic institution  -  you might google  'double headed eagle with crown'.          Might be Continental of course.
sorry of no help, but unusual, and perfect if you actually wanted one of these

[keith]

Hello Paul, just about fed up typing double headed eagle with or without crown if it was an advert surely the company name would be included, no heraldic clues, diddly squat as they say !

[Anne]

Not necessarily, Keith. If it was a well-known (at the time) company logo it may have been used alone without a name or text.

[keith]

Well a company with no name should be easy to find  if I don't find it soon it'll get skimmed down the garden at that noisy ruddy pigeon, rant, rave  ( sorry Anne )

[flying free]

Keith, can you take a better picture please?
I can't see all the detail properly.  And, no, it won't make any difference probably but actually the positioning of the feet and the shape of the tail can help sometimes
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[flying free]

Does this badge look similar?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Brigade

Yes,I think that's what it is.
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[keith]

Well done m, spot on I'd say, thank you  better image below 

[flying free]

You're welcome.
I've added the history of the Mercian Brigade below.
Do we think this was made at Chance then?



This is the history of the Mercian Brigade from Wikipedia:

The Mercian Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1964. The Brigade administered the infantry regiments from the area of England between the Trent, Mersey and Severn rivers that roughly corresponded to the ancient kingdom of Mercia.

After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially organised, and Infantry Depot K at Whittington Barracks near Lichfield was the headquarters for the county regiments of Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.[1]

In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Mercian Brigade, with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time. The Mercian Brigade was formed on 14 July, 1948, combining the depots of the following regiments:[2]

The Cheshire Regiment
The Worcestershire Regiment
The South Staffordshire Regiment
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
Under the Defence Review announced in July, 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised: accordingly, in 1959, the South Staffordshire Regiment and North Staffordshire Regiment were amalgamated to form the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's).

As part of the reforms, all regiments in the brigade adopted a common cap badge in 1958. This consisted of a gold Saxon crown over a silver double-headed eagle, being the attributed device of Leofric, Earl of Mercia.[3][4] The battalions were distinguished by regimental collar badges and coloured lanyards: cerise for the Cheshires, green for the Worcestershires and black for the Staffords.

On 1 May 1963, the brigade was again increased to four regular battalions, when the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) were transferred from the dissolved Forester Brigade. The regiment wore a Lincoln green lanyard.

On 1 July 1968 the Mercian Brigade was united with the Wessex Brigade and Welsh Brigade, to form the Prince of Wales' Division.[5]

[keith]

It may well have been as it's a Midland regiment, maybe not