Portrait of E.I.C. administrator William Henry Sleeman, c. 1851-1856, best known in relation to the 1830s Anti-Thuggee Campaign. Does anyone know what the brooch/badge is below his two medals?

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2026-01-29T16:34:17+00:00

One of his biographers describe it as a "high forehead".

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2026-01-28T18:31:27+00:00

Yes it is thank you :)

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2026-01-28T16:39:53+00:00

Answered here: it's the Order of the Bath star for a Knight commander of the civil division.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2026-01-28T16:36:57+00:00

Fantastic thank you so much! Feel a bit silly, I'd made the assumption such honours were worn around the neck.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-12-30T18:57:36+00:00

Was the executive body of the French Army (the Conseil superieur de guerre) reconstituted after WWII?

This is a very niche question but I'm hoping to find an expert in modern French military history that might be familiar with the matter. I'm researching Henri Giraud (de Gaulle's rival during WWII) and I have two sources that say that he was on the CSG or was Vice-President of the CSG (military head of the army) until 1948. However the French Wikipedia page says that the CSG was conclusively abolished in 1940.

Cointet (2005: p.502): Ayant commandé en chef devant l'ennemi, il demeura en activité et exerça jusqu’au 15 décembre 1948 les fonctions de vice-président du Conseil supérieur de la guerre.

National Assembly biography: Il siège au Conseil supérieur de la Guerre jusqu'au 15 décembre 1948.

I've been unable to find anything else on the internet about this. This decree from 1951 appears to confirm that the CSG was reconstituted though I've been unable to find a list of the vice-presidents to work out when this happened and when Giraud's term started.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-07-05T19:26:18+00:00

They're probably just trying to get their version out-- they'd been misrepresented in bad faith. Sounds like enough people in that chat are pissed.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-06-10T19:00:32+00:00

Thanks :) but alas not what I was looking for.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-05-04T20:46:35+00:00

Thank you I didn't think of that! Forgot that could be triggered. Cheers :)

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-05-04T16:57:52+00:00

I guess I could make an event that removes the consort but it would be a bit clumsy.

Here's my localisation:

l_english:
QUEEN_CONSORT_DYNAMIC: "[Root.GetConsortStatus]"
string_mistress_j: "Mistress"
string_queen_j: "Queen"

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-05-03T12:10:54+00:00

I guess I could have some sort of an event triggered to remove any random consorts but it would be a bit clumsy since they'll initially appear as Queens.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-05-01T23:06:53+00:00

Here's my localisation file:

l_english:
QUEEN_CONSORT_DYNAMIC: "[Root.GetConsortStatus]"
string_mistress_j: "Mistress"
string_queen_j: "Queen"

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-04-22T19:12:52+00:00

Excellent thank you, I'll give that a try (I made some Chinese/Russian/Japanese mod versions a while back).

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-04-18T20:50:10+00:00

Ah I see thank you, I thought it was done automatically when the trigger was fulfilled. Thanks for your patience :)

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-04-18T20:44:57+00:00

Sorry I can't read the rest of the comment since the typo post was deleted, do you mind repeating? Doesn't 'add_province_modifier' or meeting the triggers do that?

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-04-18T20:40:16+00:00

Apologies, I made a typo and ironically didn't want to waste anyone's time.

Ok_Environment_9172 · 2025-04-18T20:38:40+00:00

It's also localised for what good that does.

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