Girlguiding Surrey East - Region, County, Division & Centenary badges

County badges

Our County Standard is available as a badge, perhaps for your camp blanket or for swaps, and we also have the County lion, our Region badge and Epsom Division badge; also our Centenary badge. Badge sales are handled by Girlguiding Stoneleigh District on our behalf, and you can buy by credit card (min £2.00 order please) quickly and easily - they aim to dispatch within hours rather than days. Make your selection here and the total (including 75p UK postage) will be shown before you enter the payment details. Credit card payments are processed via Paypal but you do not need a Paypal account anymore!

For quantities, 'sale or return', or postage abroad, just email trading@girlguidingstoneleighdistrict.org.uk for details.

The current standard badge for our Region - LaSER (London and South East Region).

£1.50

The latest series 2 Standard badge for Surrey East, issued 1 November 2004.

£1.50

The latest series 2 Standard badge for Epsom Division.

£1.50

The badge issued to commemorate the Girlguiding Centenary celebrations in 2009/2010 and launched in Surrey East at Lingfield on 5th September 2009.

The design is by Jennifer Peach of Fusion Rangers, Reigate Division and comprises a smiling lion holding onto a 100th Birthday balloon representing our Surrey Lion, on top of a trefoil in yellow (Brownies), blue (Guides), aqua (Senior Section) and red (Trefoil Guild), on a background of Rainbow blue.

£1.50

[Surrey Lion silk]

The Surrey Lion silk is used by both Surrey East and Surrey West. The design is unchanged, but a different production technique has resulted in slightly clearer definition over the past few years..

£0.10

If you'd like to buy one or more, simply click on the 'add to cart' button - postage within the UK is 75p per order. Payment can be made by Paypal, which includes credit cards, and quantities can be changed in the Paypal basket.

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Details of the County Standard

[Girlguiding Surrey East County Standard badge issue 1]

[Girlguiding Surrey East County Standard badge issue 2]

This is a clear standard with some interesting symbolism.
The hoist is divided per pale (vertically) Azure a trefoil Or for Guiding, Or a lion passant guardant Gules armed and langued Azure, the County badge of Surrey. The lion derives from the Arms of Eleanor of Castille, wife of Edward 1 and so was contained in the Arms of their grand-daughter Joan de Barre who married in 1306 John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey.
The Motto band in the livery colours of the Movement, Azure lettered Or.
The fly, divided by three bars dancetty Azure, Argent, Azure with seven points representing the Seven Hills of Surrey - Box, Colley, Juniper, Leith, Pebble, Reigate and White.

In chief
a swan Proper for Leatherhead from the town coat of arms showing the strong links with London; (Leatherhead Division)
a castle gateway Proper, between the bases of the towers REI Gules meaning water, from the town coat of arms; (Reigate Division)
a horse Sable from Epsom showing links with the Derby which is run on Epsom Downs (Epsom Division)

In base
on a mound Vert a tower Proper representing the tower build on Leith Hill, the highest point in South East England; (Leith Hill Division)
a woolsack Proper representing sheep rearing and wool production in Banstead which provided the wool for the first Woolsack used in the House of Lords; (Banstead Division - now Downs Heath Division)
behind a churn a wheatstalk and shepherds crook Proper in saltire for the predominant occupations in the area. (Godstone Division)

The border is a twisted cord in the livery colours of the Movement.

Issue 1 was produced with a dark blue background
Issue 2 of 500 badges was introduced on 1 November 2004 with a red background and overlocking