Information about the logo of
V. I. P. Limousine Service.
The Company logo is the cockade used first by coachmen in Denmark and England, then by chauffeurs in England.
Danish and British coachmen wore a large cockade, of this general pattern, on the left side of their top hat. The Royal coachmen still do.
Coachmen used to assist guests arriving at castles and manor houses.
(The staff of the Danish and British Royal Stables still assist arriving and departing guests at parties and receptions etc. hosted by the Danish and British royal families.)
Probably for that reason the doormen of top British hotels wear a top hat with a coachman's cockade on the left side.
As the carriages pulled by horses were replaced by "horseless carriages", chauffeurs were often recruited from the ranks of the coachmen, the top hat was replaced by a chauffeurs cap, and the cockade was placed at the front of the cap.   (Click for pictures.)

 

Royal Stables, Denmark, 1895.


 

Royal Stables, Denmark, 2000.

 

Ward, Major Domino at Wilton 
House, Wiltshire. (1925)
 
 

Sir Geoffrey Manders' chauffeur
between the two world wars.
(Wightwick Manor, Staffs.)

Information om V.I.P. Limousine Service's logo.
V.I.P. Limousine Service bruger den gamle engelske chaufførkokarde som firmalogo. Chaufførkokarden blev brugt før der var noget der hed biler. Både danske og engelske kuske brugte - og bruger - en kokarde på venstre side af kuskens høje hat. 
Dronningens heste blive dagligt rørt i Københavns gader og man kan se kokarden på kuskens høje hat.
Kuske plejede at hjælpe til ved gæsters ankomst til, og bortkørsel fra, fester og andre officielle lejligheder. Det gør Dronningens kuske i øvrigt stadigvæk.
Sandsynligvis er det derfor, at dørmanden på fornemme engelske hoteller bærer høj hat med kuskekokarde.
Da hestene blev afløst af benzinmotorer blev kuskene afløst af chauffører og i England blev kokarden flyttet fra den høje hat til chaufførens kasket.

 

Den kgl. Staldetat, 1895.


 		  
 


 
 

Den kgl. Staldetat, 2000.

 

Ward, Chef for tjenerstaben på
Wilton House, Wiltshire. (1925)


 
 

Sir Geoffrey Manders' chauffør 
mellem de to verdenskrige.
(Wightwick Manor, Staffs.)

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