Order in Council - Approving the Badge of the Royal House of Windsor [1938-07-28]
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Title
Order in Council - Approving the Badge of the Royal House of Windsor [1938-07-28]
Subject
Heraldry
Royal Family
Privy Council
Description
Order in Council of King George VI approving the Badge of the Royal House of Windsor.
Creator
King George VI
Source
College of Arms I80/304
Date
1938-07-28
Contributor
Mark Scott
Relation
Order in Council Item Type Metadata
Transcript
At the Court at Buckingham Palace
The 28th day of July 1938.
Present
The King's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council
His Majesty was this day pleased by and with the advice of His Privy Council to order that there be added to His Majesty's Royal Badges the following Badge representative of the Royal House of Windsor:-"On a Mount Vert the Round Tower of Windsor Castle Argent masoned Sable flying thereon the Royal Standard the whole within two branches of Oak fructed Or and ensigned with the Imperial Crown."
the same to be borne in conformity with the drawing annexed.
And that the Most Noble Bernard Marmaduke Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England do forthwith cause the necessary directions to be given accordingly.
M.P.A. Hankey.
[IMAGE OF THE BADGE]
Ornamentation
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Citation
King George VI, “Order in Council - Approving the Badge of the Royal House of Windsor [1938-07-28],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/447.