Black Powder Guild
Est 1605 - RE EOD
“The Black Powder Guild” – Black Powder being the obvious link to all with an Explosives background as being the discovery that started it all.
Although not an “official” Guild as such, they base themselves on the “Ideals, Principals and Honesty” of the original Medieval Guilds i.e; as a Group to help Members in times of need and further one another’s interest in their chosen “Black Powder Trade”. There are two types of Guilds “Merchant Guilds” and “Craftsmen Guilds”, they obviously come within the “Craftsmen Guilds”, and probably the 1st Explosives Guild in History, albeit less official than a Historical existing Guild!
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Royal Engineers - Info
Royal Engineers, Bomb Disposal began during WWII. In September 1939, at the height of the Blitz and the sheer number of Unexploded Air Dropped Bombs being discovered, the War Office had to do something and fast! Between September 1940 and July 1941, over 24,000 bombs were made safe and removed. In 1942 and 1944, BD Companies also joined the task forces for the invasions of Malta and France.
Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) ‘RE EOD’ also provided Instructors to the first US EOD School in 1941.
RE EOD have been involved in every major conflict since WWII and have also carried out the search and clearance of all the Coastal Minefields and areas in the UK used for military live fire training since the end of WWII. There were 1,997 minefields laid in the United Kingdom during WWII, containing between 338,500–350,000 landmines, several hundred Royal Engineers were Killed during the clearance over the years after WWII.
More than 650 EOD Sappers have been Killed whilst carrying out the hazardous work of Bomb Disposal Worldwide since the end of WWII. Many have been injured and many carry physical and mental injuries today.
The RE EOD Bracelet has been designed in Remembrance of those who have fallen and to Remember that many still carry the scars of their Military service in Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal.
The Brass Hang6 PTSD Skull has the RE EOD Bomb with ‘Royal Engineers’ through the centre.
Blue Tigers Eye Beads and Red Terracotta Beads represent the Corps colours of the Royal Engineers, with Black Hematite Lava Beads separating the Corps colours from 2 Matte frosted Tangerine Fire Agate beads, chosen to represent the “explosives” involved in the work of RE EOD.
This wrist-wear is handcrafted with carefully chosen material to perfectly represent RE EOD. This Brass HANG 6 Icon Skull is smelted down from British ‘Black Bullet Cases - 300 BLK’ (Kindly supplied by Kim Hughes GC) collected in Afghanistan by British soldiers after fire fights with the enemy.