[MR] Northern Regional Badge Polling

[David W.James]

On Feb 14, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Lord Mungoe wrote:
> Another thing to think about is display of the badge on the individual 
> fighter. A unit commander usualy cannot see a shield device, or a 
> shoulder badge, in the middle of a melee. The enemy can ID you from 
> shields devices, but the commander is usualy behind the units, as are 
> resurecting fighters trying to get back to their units. Duke Bedford 
> sugggested to Marinus years ago to used a Tors and Mantle with the 
> Baronial device on it, works out real nice for unit ID, plus you can 
> still use your own device on shield or tabbard.

> Just a thought.

Which is probably why one's troops were marked with livery colors and 
followed a banner with the badge their lord used for the region they 
served from.  And it is hard to beat a simple tabbard in two livery 
colors for ease of construction and use.

Kwellend-Njal