A new tartan has been created for INTERPOL by one of the world’s leading tartan designers.
The traditional patterned cloth was commissioned by the UK’s Home Office, in advance of INTERPOL’s 92nd General Assembly which will be held in Glasgow from 4 to 7 November.
The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body, made up of representatives from each of its 196 member countries. It is the largest global gathering of senior law enforcement officials.
The INTERPOL tartan
The design was loosely based on the tartan of Scotland’s Black Watch Regiment, formed in 1739 to “Watch upon the braes”, meaning “to guard the hills”. The infantry battalion was tasked with keeping the peace in the Scottish Highlands and was described by designer Brian Wilton MBE, also known as Scotland’s “Tartan Ambassador, as “a very worthy forerunner of today’s international police body”.
Colin Brown, Managing Director of Ingles Buchan which produced the INTERPOL tartan said:
“Tartan is woven into fabric of our nation. It is part of Scotland’s history. It is lovely to see tartan being used for an organization like INTERPOL, and this will be very unique for the delegates to have and to take back to their country as something with meaning to them.”
The bespoke tartan features the blue of INTERPOL interwoven with the colours of the UK flag. A wide navy-blue band comprised of 92 threads represents the 92 INTERPOL General Assemblies. On either side of the navy band, are the threads of 7, 9, 19 and 23 signifying 7 September 1923, the precise date of the 1923 Congress which marked the foundation of INTERPOL.
The unique INTERPOL tartan has now been added to the official Scottish Register of Tartans in Edinburgh.
What is tartan?
Tartan is a design of coloured stripes woven to form a repeated textile pattern, usually consisting of two or more solid stripes running both horizontally and vertically in differing proportions, repeating in a defined sequence. The roots of this famous chequered pattern, which has become synonymous with Scotland around the world, date back to the 3rd or 4th century.
Well it is a slow news day I guess
Who gives a raspberry f…k about this ridiculous, irrelevant, waste of money.
I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘Alli Fashions’, suppliers to the elite, had something to do with yet another Scottish, ‘no independence please’, gravy train. All as commissioned “.. by the UK’s Home Office …” and paid for via ‘majority taxation’ (eg English).
I’m sure this will ingratiate the incredibly popular Mr Toad to to all his buddies at Toad Hall on this display of public money.
Interesting fact, one of the Nazis most ruthless tyrants was president of what became Interpol.
Thank you, I wasn’t aware of that. I found out his two Nazi successors were also some particularly nasty pieces of work.
So would have preferred Lederhosen to a tartan garment?
Unacceptable, obviously! 😆
I don’t have any issues with the Tartan, only find history fascinating that a butcher like Heydritch was in effect Interpol.
Is it my connection or has the UKDJ site gone grindingly slow again? Anyone else getting this problem?
Yes, me.
Dern cannot see a profile either.
Yes, it appears to quite slow …sometimes connection fails
You’re reporting this?
Seriously?
Excellent, our enemies will now be running away screaming and puking.