Ashtray, a bit OT

[Steppenwolf]

Some of you may find this interesting. This is one of a set of three ashtrays that my mother received from her cousin in England. He was a member of an Antiaircraft Battery during the Battle of Britain. He told my mom that the aluminum used in to cast the ashtrays came from a German aircraft that the battery had shot down. In the center of the ashtray is a grenade with Ubique written on a ribbon. Ubique is one of the mottos of the Artillery.

 

[John Sukey]

Quo Fas Et Gloria Du****
Ubique

Gee, Does the R.A. know there is a dirty word on their cap badge?
Honi soi qui Mal y Pense LOL

 

[303carbine]

Some of you may find this interesting. This is one of a set of three ashtrays that my mother received from her cousin in England. He was a member of an Antiaircraft Battery during the Battle of Britain. He told my mom that the aluminum used in to cast the ashtrays came from a German aircraft that the battery had shot down. In the center of the ashtray is a grenade with Ubique written on a ribbon. Ubique is one of the mottos of the Artillery.

That's the Flaming Hemorroid,it usually only happens to smokers though.

 

[eos]

Quo Fas Et Gloria Du****
Ubique

Gee, Does the R.A. know there is a dirty word on their cap badge?
Honi soi qui Mal y Pense LOL

Du gun that don't shoot, Du wheel that don't turn, Du**** you can't screw........

 

[eos]

How many flames on the grenade? RE is similar to arty but has 9 flames vs 7 for RA

 

[scradster]

i count 8

 

[skirsons]

My Dad has an ashtray that is a modified cylinder head for a Rolls Royce engine - the type used on Lancaster bombers. Weird!

 

[pjt]

Great item!

 

[Timberlord]

Made good use out of some no-good Fokker.

 

[schmidt64]

Now thats a cool story behind its origin

 

[300Spartans]

Very nice. Do you smoke?

 

[Steppenwolf]

No smoking for me, I had been going through some boxes and thought; I remember this, I bet a few peeps on Nutz would find this interesting.

Cheers

Very nice. Do you smoke?

 

[bobc]

I have a cap badge like that it was with some stuff from the farm my dad grew up on he is not sure if it was his fathers that served in ww1 or one of his brothers from ww11 the other badge I was told was royal canadian horse artillery? please correct me if I'm wrong and let me know anything you can about these. Also what does ubique mean?

 

[Normmus]

it means 'everywhere' or 'all over the place', it really depends on who you ask.

 

[bobc]

Thanks I googled it and got the same
(Motto of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, it means "Everywhere")

 

[skirsons]

it means 'everywhere' or 'all over the place', it really depends on who you ask.

The Latin root of Ubiquitous.

 

[Steppenwolf]

Bobc,

Very nice, good photos too.