Re: The Infantry Sash
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Posted by Kristjan van Wissen from Toronto On Canada on January 07, 19100 at 02:13:16:
In Reply to: Re: The Infantry Sash posted by A Guardsman. on December 16, 2020 at 23:36:19:
The British infantry used to have 44 men in a formation.
Thus for an NCO to know his current strength he would
tie a knot in eash tassle thread to signify an 'empty
spot' By counting the number of knoted threads in his
sash he would know how many men he had left. I may be
wrong about the number but I am confident that this
is the reason of the sash. The reason I learned as an
RSM in the 48th Highlanders Cadets.
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