Para Frog
Posted: Fri 29 Aug, 2003 12:38 pm
That's the current badge Zuhrich. Nothing new there bud.
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Posted: Fri 29 Aug, 2003 7:54 pm
yup just somthing to look at
Posted: Fri 05 Sep, 2003 1:43 pm
I'd never seen that badge before, it's strange looking. 
Badge
Posted: Fri 05 Sep, 2003 2:29 pm
Jason,
I beleive that that's the current blazer/unit badge. The old one just had a slightly different motto.
If I've dropped a bo***ck here I'm sure one of the bubble heads here will set me straight.
I beleive that that's the current blazer/unit badge. The old one just had a slightly different motto.
If I've dropped a bo***ck here I'm sure one of the bubble heads here will set me straight.
Posted: Fri 05 Sep, 2003 2:59 pm
Is that the new one after they changed the motto from "Not by strength, by guile" to what it is above?
Frogs
Posted: Fri 05 Sep, 2003 3:14 pm
As far as I'm aware mate yes. I'll endeavour to ask some mates who are that way inclined and see if I can get the definitive answer for everyone.
Posted: Fri 05 Sep, 2003 4:06 pm
Posted: Sat 20 Sep, 2003 7:07 pm
As an "oldy" still reasonably in touch, I can confirm that the badge with the frog in it, is a blazer badge. As for the new cap badge, I think it lacks imagination, style and in no way does it represent what the SBS were and still are - a mainly Royal Marines unit. Us oldies, in the main are not happy with it nor are we happy with the variation on the motto - Not By Strength - By Guile. (Or as we use to change it to, Not by Strength - By Gilly - and only those who knew Gilly would understand that!!)
But what do we old farts matter!!
Dave wrote elsewhere
Dave H.
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But what do we old farts matter!!
Dave wrote elsewhere
see Dave, all things are possibleI am a former Royal Marine. I am also former SBS ( 20 years,) I have great reservations about he way theSBS are going. Also the Cap Badge and the Motto ie "Not By Strength but by Guile" changed to " By Strength and Guile" does not go down well with the former brigade.
It goes against all that th SBS were.
Dave H.
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Ex. SB of 23 years. Retired 1982.
Posted: Sun 21 Sep, 2003 6:44 pm
Sticky Blue, I think you are dead right about the purse strings. It is sad.
30 pieces of silver seems to be about the right price.
30 pieces of silver seems to be about the right price.
Posted: Sun 21 Sep, 2003 9:29 pm
Dave
Being an ex simple squaddie, what do you mean by '30 pieces of silver' ??
Being an ex simple squaddie, what do you mean by '30 pieces of silver' ??
Posted: Mon 22 Sep, 2003 9:31 am
Not By Strength - By Guile.
Out of interest this can be traced back to the days of Gidion, a very able commander of his time.
" Guile often succeeds where force of arms fail "
It worked for him.
It would seem that the new motto fails to understand the ethos of the SBS and seems more to do with a corporate image make over.
Guile--Gilly?
Rover
Out of interest this can be traced back to the days of Gidion, a very able commander of his time.
" Guile often succeeds where force of arms fail "
It worked for him.
It would seem that the new motto fails to understand the ethos of the SBS and seems more to do with a corporate image make over.
Guile--Gilly?
Rover
Posted: Mon 22 Sep, 2003 11:49 am
Rover, As Dave said you would have to have known Gillie to understand it, one of the support columns of the old SBS and I won't reveal his surname because it is one way of sorting out Walters who, if they were genuine would certainly know it.
Barry
Barry
Posted: Mon 22 Sep, 2003 7:35 pm
Chunky,
Wasn't Jesus Christ sold down the river for 30 pieces of silver by Judas Escariot? Now I am not particularly religious and I do accept that the reference is a bit over the top but the simile (is that spelt right?) is not unjustified!
Sneaky
Wasn't Jesus Christ sold down the river for 30 pieces of silver by Judas Escariot? Now I am not particularly religious and I do accept that the reference is a bit over the top but the simile (is that spelt right?) is not unjustified!
Sneaky