The framed collection at the Officers' Mess of the Armed Forces of Malta contains helmets, plates, badges and buttons from the Royal Malta Fencible Regiment, Royal Malta Fencible Artillery and Royal Malta Artillery. These insignia portray the heraldic lineage of the regiments and honor the men who wore them. The Royal Malta Fencible Regiment was raised in 1815 and performed garrison and coastal defense duties, excelling in gunnery. In 1851 it was converted to the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery. The collection includes various plates and insignia that were worn on uniforms and helmets to display ranks and regimental affiliations.
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On January 17, 1932, the big bell was ceremoniously taken to the church square and placed on the basilica's parvis. Five days later, Helena, as this bell was appropriately called, was blessed by the Bishop of Malta, Mgr Maurus Caruana, and two days later it was hoisted up to its place in the church steeple. It was rung for the first time the following day - on the feast of St Paul.
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On January 17, 1932, the big bell was ceremoniously taken to the church square and placed on the basilica's parvis. Five days later, Helena, as this bell was appropriately called, was blessed by the Bishop of Malta, Mgr Maurus Caruana, and two days later it was hoisted up to its place in the church steeple. It was rung for the first time the following day - on the feast of St Paul.
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
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ProbablythenextMalteseregimenttoberaisedto
functionentirelyasa‘RegimentoftheLine’aftertheRoyal
RegimentofMaltawastheRoyalMaltaFencibleRegiment
(RMFR).ThisRegimentwasraisedin1815underthe
commandofLtColCountFrancisRivarola.Duringits
reasonablylonglife,theRegimentwasmainlyemployedinthe
defenceofthehomeland,hencetheword‘Fencible’.During
theabsenceofcertainBritishunitsfromtheisland,especially
duringtheCrimeanWar,theRMFRperformedgarrisonduties
andmannedthegunsonMalta’sfortificationsandcoastal
defences,inwhichitexcelled.
Fig. 2
Albert Shako, Grenadier Company
(Photo: The Military Gentleman)
Fig.3
Legend to the framed collection
3. 72 · TreasuresofMalta 55,Christmas2012
TheRMFRworethecrimsonuniform,or‘redcoat’,ofthe
BritishinfantryandwashonouredwithbluefacingsasaRoyal
Regiment.Throughoutitslife,theRMFRworetheprogressive
uniformstylesandcutsaswornbymostotherBritishand
Colonialinfantryregiments,untiltheintroductionofthetunic
in1855,whenalluniformsbecamestandardized.Manyofthese
uniformswereillustratedbyEdwardCaruanaDingli2
from
originalmaterialinthepersonalcollectionofColonelFrederick
GattCMG.Theuniformsoftheearlierunitswerebasedonthe
drawingsexecutedbyMajorJamesWier,RoyalMarines,whoasa
CaptaincommandedtheMalteseLightInfantry.
Headdressalsovariedaccordingtothetimeframeofthe
uniform.3
FirstwornbytheRMFRwasprobablytheRegency
Shako(1816-1829),followedbytheBell-toppedShako(1829-
1844),thenbywhatwasnotsoaffectionatelyknownasthe
AlbertShako(1844-1855),saidtohavebeendesignedinpartby
thePrinceConsort,andendingtheirservicewearingthe1855
Patternor‘FrenchPattern’Shako(1855-1861).4
Theframedcollection
Anengravedsilverplateatthetopoftheframe(No.1)records
thatthecollectionwaspresentedtotheMessbyColonelGeorge
VictorMicallefOBE,5
laterBrigadier,whocommandedthe
RoyalMaltaArtilleryfrom1966to1969.No.2isaveryrare
exampleofashakoplateaswornbyOfficersontheirbell-topped
shakofrom1829to1844.Itconsistsofagildedeight-pointed
starwithitstoppointbeingreplacedbyacrown.Atcentrearea
mountedovalstraporbeltwithfiligreetype,voidedRegimental
title‘ROYALMALTAFENCIBLEREGT.
’andanenamel
shieldwiththereversedcoloursoftheMalteseflag.Adrawing
inthePatternBookof1820-1840ofthefamousbadgeand
accoutrementmanufacturersJennens&Co.ofOxfordStreet,
London,sinceinaprivatecollection,showsasimilarshakoplate
forOtherRanksstruckentirelyinbrass.Ofaslightlylaterperiod
andofanidenticalpattern,No.3isthe‘UniversalPattern’shako
plateaswornontheAlbertShakobymostBritishregiments.6
Itisthesamepatterngildedstarandcrownwithamounted
designatcentreconsistingofanovalbeltwith‘ROYALMALTA
Fig.4
Foreign Service helmet
(Author’s collection)
Fig.5
1855 Pattern Shako, Line Company
(Photo: Michael Murrie-Jones)
Fig.6
Royal Malta Fencible Regiment, Officer Light Infantry Company c. 1830, by
R.J. Marrion
(Author’s collection)
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FENCIBLES’andavoidedMaltesecross,allsetinthickhalf
laurelandhalfpalmwreath.
Thenextshakoplate,No.4,consistsofaboundcircular
wreathofhalfoakandhalflaureltoppedbyacrown.7
Within
thewreathisabeltwiththeRegiment’sname,‘ROYAL
MALTAFENCIBLES’,andastringedbugleorhuntinghorn
atcentre.ThisplateissynonymouswiththeLight(Infantry)
Company.Itisinterestingtonotethatinasetofpencil
rubbingsofdiesheldinthearchivesoftheNationalArmy
MuseuminLondon,oneshowstheOfficer’sshakoplateofa
similarpatternasNo.3,butwitha‘bugle’or‘huntinghorn’.
Althoughnotknowingoftheexistenceofsuchaplateinany
collection,andsinceNo.4istheplateaswornbyasoldierof
theLightInfantryCompanyoftheRMFR,itistherefore
likelythattheCompany’sOfficersworeashakoplatewith
LightInfantrydistinctions.Anotheroftheserubbingsisof
anOfficer’sshakoplateoftheGrenadierCompany,againof
whichnoactualplatehasbeenencounteredbytheauthor.
Anothershakoplate,No.5,wasdepictedbyEdward
CaruanaDingliinhisillustrationofPrivate(LightCompany)
RoyalMaltaFencibleRegiment1844-55,8
whoiswearing
theAlbertshako.However,thispatternplatehadbeen
Fig.7
Author’simpressionsoftwoofthedierubbingsoftheRMFRshakoplates;left–OfficerGrenadierCompany,andright–
OfficerLightInfantryCompany
Fig.8
Artillery Officers’ shoulder belt and fittings
introducedmuchearlierandwaswornbyBritishinfantry
regimentsontheirBell-toppedshako.
Asecondplate(No.5)isidenticalexceptthatatcentreis
theshieldwiththeMaltesecolours;itislikelythatthiswasworn
bymostsoldiersoftheLineCompanies.
InterestingtonoteisthatthetitleoftheRegimentappears
oncertainappointmentsas‘ROYALMALTAFENCIBLES’
whileonothersas‘ROYALMALTAFENCIBLE
REGIMENT’.Althoughtodatenoofficialrecordsgivinga
validreasonhavebeenidentified,itcouldbethat‘Regiment’
wasdroppedfromthetitleduringthetransitionperiodofwhen
itwasconvertedintoanartillerycorps.
Asitwasveryactiveingarrisonandcoastalgunnery
duties,theRoyalMaltaFencibleRegimentwasconvertedinto
theRoyalMaltaFencibleArtilleryonthe25th
January1851;
itcomprised of headquarters and six batteries. On the 28th
July of that year, a blue artillery uniform with scarlet facings
similar to that worn by the Royal Regiment of Artillery
was worn by all ranks for the first time.9
The busby was
worn with the full dress, with Officers having a gilt grenade
plume-holder with a gilt belt inscribed ‘ROYAL MALTA
FENCIBLE ARTILLERY’ and a Maltese Cross in silver
at centre (No. 6). It is believed that for the first six years the
RMFA had retained most of the uniform as worn by the
Royal Artillery, possibly including insignia, but thus far no
official confirmation of this fact has been established.
AnotheritempertainingtotheRMFRisawaistbeltclasp,
No.8,whichbearstheRegiment’stitleonthefemalepart,and
adevicewiththeMalteseCrosssetwithinalaurelwreathand
toppedbyaQueenVictoriaCrown(QVC)onthemale.This
patternclaspwasforthewhitebuffbeltwornonthetunic
introducedin1855.
InMay1878,theregulationHomePatternHelmetor
HomeServiceHelmet,madeofcorkcoveredinblueclothwas
introducedfortheBritishArmy.AForeignServiceor‘white
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SinceMaltesemilitariahasastrongfollowingby
researchersandcollectorsbothlocallyandoverseas,thisstudy
willcontinueinsomefutureissue,whereby alltheotherknown
badgesandinsigniaoftheformerMalteseCorpsoftheBritish
Armywillbefeatured.
DenisDarmaninservedintheArmedForcesofMaltaasanarmydiver,
andispartoftheHeritagePlanningUnitoftheMaltaEnvironmentand
PlanningAuthority.Hisresearchinterestsincludeuniformbuttonsand
late18th
-and19th
-centuryuniformsaswornbythearmedforcesofthe
OrderofStJohnandtheearlyMaltesecorpsoftheBritishArmy.Denis
hascontributednumerousarticlestomilitaryjournalsandistheauthorof
Pembroke,FromaBritishGarrisontoaModernCivilianTown.
Fig.12
‘Tailor’s Pattern’ of the 1891 plate
(Author’s collection)
Acknowledgements
BrigadierMartinG.Xuereb,Commander,ArmedForcesofMalta;
MajorIvanConsiglio,ArmedForcesofMalta(Retd);CaptainJohnStroud,House
MemberOfficers’MessCommittee,ArmedForcesofMalta;LBdrJustinGatt,
OfficialPhotographer,ArmedForcesofMalta;ThelateBrigadierAnthonySamut-
TagliaferroMBE,RoyalMaltaArtillery/ArmedForcesofMalta;ThelateMajor
AlanGHarfieldMBE,RoyalSignals;ThelateW.Y.Carman,RenéChartrand,
formerChiefArchivistParksCanada;SamGiordmainaandAnthonyJ.Bugeja.
Notes
1 Denis A. Darmanin, ‘Anglo-Maltese Uniform Buttons’, Treasures of
Malta, Vol. IX, No. 3 (Summer, 2003).
2 A.G. Chesney, Historical Records of the Maltese Corps of the British Army
(London, 1897).
3 ArthurL.KiplingandHughL.King,HeaddressBadgesoftheBritishArmy,1800-
1918,Vo.l.1(UK,1974).
4 BryanFostenandGaryGibs,‘TheBritishInfantryShako,1800-1897’,The
MilitaryHistoricalSociety,SpecialNumber(UK,2008).
5 BrigadierGeorgeV.MicallefMOMCBE:CommissionedintotheRoyal
MaltaArtilleryalmostdirectfromUniversityin1939.GeorgeMicallef
(98282)tookpartinthefirstphaseofthedefenceofMalta.Heserved
withfiveAnti-AircraftBatteryof2AARegimentRMAatAAPosition
DelimaraatacriticaltimebeforebeingpostedtoEgyptinMay1940.He
returnedinMay1942toserveasbatterycommanderwiththe2AARegi-
mentuntil1945.Hehadadistinguishedpost-warmilitarycareerinclud-
ingcommandoftheRoyalMaltaArtillery.http://www.military-art.com/
mall/profiles.php?SigID=755.
6 Denis A. Darmanin, ‘Shako Plates of the Royal Malta Fencible Regi-
ment’, The Bulletin, The Military Historical Society, Vol. 46, No. 183 (UK,
February 1996).
7 Ibid.
8 Chesney,op.cit(1897).
9 AnthonySamut-Tagliaferro,HistoryoftheRoyalMaltaArtillery1800-
1939,Vol.1(Malta,1976).
10 HowardRipley,ButtonsoftheRegularArmy1855-2000(UK,2002);
illustrationsbyDenisA.Darmanin.
11 Darmanin, op. cit (2003).
12 Denis A. Darmanin, ‘The Badge of the Armed Forces of Malta and its
Lineage’, On Parade (Armed Forces of Malta), Issue No. 5 (Progress Press
2010).