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Could easily be only a military thing going back to at least 1910 in our Naval Service. I suspect that was carried over from the RN as most of our naval traditions were from the RN.

Bob

Interesting that the Sheffield makers made no distinction between male and female monarchs by the type of crown used. Never noticed that before.

Bob

I was basically going by the crowns used on the rank badges worn in the Canadian Navy. From the RCN's establishment in 1910 till about 1954 the rank badges of ratings that contained crowns where of...

Ah, no expert on crowns but remember being told that a Regina crown was recognizable because it had breasts and that sorta sticks in your mind. Where is Neil Miller when you need him?

Bob

I dunno the crown on the scale appears to be one representing a female monarch. The female crown has two distinct humps with the cross on top and the male crown has an arch with the cross on top. I...