Collar Badge - Essex and Kent Scottish (Officer's version) The Other Rank's version is a Lion's Head. The Lion Rampant badge is for the sporran. Reference: Brooker's Badges of the Canadian Army, Volume 2, pages 116-117. Badge: Two sprays of thistle supporting a scroll in the shape of a pointed arch, bearing the designation THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH; across the thistles a scroll breaing the motto SEMPER PARATUS (Always ready); in the centre a shield bearing in chief three seaxes barwise (alluding to the arms of the County Council of Essex) in base the White Horse of Kent; the whole surmounted by a lions head erased. The badge is based on the regimental badge of The Essex Scottish, with the addition of the white horse taken from the badge of The Kent Regiment, which were amalgamated in 1954. The three seaxes refer to the arms of Essex County, England, the location of the regiment's former allied regiment The Essex Regiment (now, through amalgamation, The Royal Anglian Regiment). The white horse is from the arms of Kent County, Ontario and its namesake in England, the location of the regiment's former allied regiment The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (now, through amalgamation, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment). The thistles (the national flower of Scotland) and lion are common devices among badges of highland infantry regiment. "THE ESSEX AND KENT SCOTTISH" is the regimental title and "SEMPER PARATUS" is the motto of the regiment. The Essex and Kent Scottish is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Essex Scottish Regiment and The Kent Regiment.