Right hand salute?

[cybercat]

The British Army has the palm outwards salute as a sign of loyalty. With the palm outwards a weapon such as a blade cannot be concealed in the hand.

[Jeremy Chan]

Thanks guys! We too use the British salute here, arm sweeping upwards and palm in front of the cap peak. You could get in trouble for using the 'American' salute here

[Matt Gibbs]

In response to the first post from Chris S you will find in interesting to know a left handshake is not at all an insult, it implying the dropping or leaving of your shield in order to do so.... Therefore leaving yourself totally unguarded and vulnerable. It was used by all the warring tribes in african countries by their warriors and chiefs amongst allies to show that they trusted one another. The worldwide scout associations left handshake comes directly from this which was explained to Baden Powell by an African chief around 1898.

Regards
Matt Gibbs

[Vesper]

The salute with the palm facing inwards was adopted by the Royal Navy when the Queen (not sure which one) was offended by being saluted by sailors with dirty hands. Ever since then the top side of the hand has been shown in the salute because it is generally the cleaner side.

[weebobster]

"Longest way up, shortist way down" screamed the Regimental Sergeant Major......

just cant beat the British Army at drill

[HaEn]

In response to the first post from Chris S you will find in interesting to know a left handshake is not at all an insult, it implying the dropping or leaving of your shield in order to do so.... Therefore leaving yourself totally unguarded and vulnerable. It was used by all the warring tribes in african countries by their warriors and chiefs amongst allies to show that they trusted one another. The worldwide scout associations left handshake comes directly from this which was explained to Baden Powell by an African chief around 1898.

Regards
Matt Gibbs

I don't want to pee on your parade, but the left hand shake was a clever insult to the colonials by their african subjects. The left hand was namely used to wipe your behind and therefor was unclean. The right hand was used for eating and "clean" use. Offering someone a left hand to shake therefor was an insult; in the case of Baden Powel ( a co-inventor with Winston churchill of the south african concentration camps) the chief who told him differentle pulled a capital joke on him. HN.

[Cantankerous]

In the 1780s painting Oath of the Horatii, the Horatii brothers give the right-hand salute used by Roman citizens as a show of loyalty toward their emperor and adopted by Hitler and Mussolini.

Link:
https://albertis-window.com/2017/02/oat ... zi-salute/