Standard badges

Our County Standard is available as a badge, perhaps for your camp blanket, and we also have the County lion and a few (very few) of the previous County Standard badge pre-2004. 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 50p 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 or postage abroad just email trading@stoneleighdistrictguides.org.uk for details.

[Surrey East County Standard badge]
The latest series 2 Standard badge for Surrey East, issued 1 November 2004.
£1.50
[Surrey East County Standard badge]
The previous series 1 Standard badge - 11 remaining at 1 May 2008.
£1.50

[Surrey Lion silk}
The Surrey Lion silk is used by both Surrey East and Surrey West. Originally produced in ribbon form, it is now supplied cut with slightly clearer definition.
£0.10
If you'd like to buy one or more, simply click on the 'add to cart' button. The standards are £1.50 each, the Surrey Lions 10p, with postage 50p per order. Payment can be made by Paypal, which includes credit cards.

Details of the County Standard

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) 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 produced on 1 November 2004 with a red background and overlocking