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Hard@it | 11:27 Thu 04th May 2017 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Anyone know the answer to the query, " why was Mercury on the Royal Signals badge called Jimmy by the soldiers" ?
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The flag and cap badge feature Mercury (Latin: Mercurius), the winged messenger of the gods, who is referred to by members of the corps as "Jimmy". The origins of this nickname are unclear. According to one explanation, the badge is referred to as "Jimmy" because the image of Mercury was based on the late mediaeval bronze statue by the Italian sculptor Giambologna, and shortening over time reduced the name Giambologna to "Jimmy". The most widely accepted theory of where the name Jimmy comes from is a Royal Signals boxer, called Jimmy Emblem, who was the British Army Champion in 1924 and represented the Royal Corps of Signals from 1921 to 1924.
from a corps boxer called jimmy emblem who was an army champion 1924

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