above which was a three-part scroll displaying 'MONTGOMERYSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY'. On the 1883 helmet the oval belt enclosing the dragon carried this title rather than the motto. By 1899 the badge worn on the Forage cap and Service cap was a dragon over the letters 'MYC". When the regiment became imperial yeomanry the letters changed to 'MIY' on a scroll; similar badges were used on the collar. The buttons also had the dragon over 'MIY'. After the formation of the TF the brass collar badge and shoulder titles worn on the khaki field service dress were 'MONTGOMERY' with 'Y' (sometimes 'T' over 'Y') above. Standards & guidons Yeomanry cavalry were not authorised to carry standards or guidons, but most regiments ignored this and carried them unofficially. The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry's three troops were presented with swallow-tailed guidons in 1805. These were of crimson silk fringed in gold and sin the centre had a gold dragon on a green pale, beneath a gold scroll lettered 'ANORCHFYGOL'. In the upper canton nearest the pole and diagonally opposite were gold-edge green circles carrying the letters 'MY' in gold; in the opposite corners were red circles carrying the White Horse of Hanover. Lady Williams-Wynn presented new standards in 1852 and the old ones were laid up at Wynnstay where they were destroyed in a disastrous fire in 1856. The new standards were a Queen's standard and five troop standards. The Queen's was a crimson swallowtail with in the centre the rose, thistle and shamrock surmounted by a crown; beneath were two gold scrolls, the upper with the Royal motto 'DIEU ET MON DROIT', the lower with the regimental title. In the upper canton nearest the pole and in the opposite corner were the white horse in a gold-edged crimson circle, in the opposite corners were gold-edged black circles bearing the red dragon on a green pale with the motto 'ANORCHFYGOL'. The troop standards were gold-fringed black silk with in the centre the red dragon streaked with gold on a green pale, a gold scroll above bearing the regimental motto. In the upper canton and its opposite corner were the white horse, in the opposite corners were gold-edged red circles with 'MYC' in gold letters. Each standard had the troop number in black beneath the central device. The official guidon of the regiment in the TF had a circle lettered 'MONTGOMERYSHIRE YEOMANRY' beneath a crown and