New tartan created for Interpol ahead of general assembly in Scotland
The tartan was created by the textile manufacturer Ingles Buchan.
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Your support makes all the difference.A new tartan has been created for an international policing organisation in advance of its next general assembly, scheduled to take place in Scotland this month.
Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organisation) has had the new patterned cloth designed by one of the world’s leading tartan designers.
The cloth was commissioned by the Home Office ahead of Interpol’s 92nd general assembly, which is due to take place in Glasgow from November 4-7.
The general assembly is the force’s supreme governing body, consisting of representatives from each of its 196 member countries.
The Interpol tartan is loosely based on Scotland’s Black Watch Regiment tartan, which was created in the 18th century.
The bespoke tartan features Interpol’s signature blue colour branding, interwoven with colours of the UK flag.
A wide, navy-blue band also features in the design. It is comprised of 92 threads, symbolising the 92 general assemblies.
On either side of the navy band, are threads signifying September 7 1923, the precise date of the 1923 Congress which marked the foundation of Interpol.
The Interpol tartan has now been added to the official Scottish Register of Tartans in Edinburgh.
Colin Brown, managing director of Ingles Buchan which produced the tartan, said: “Tartan is woven into the fabric of our nation. It is part of Scotland’s history.
“It is lovely to see tartan being used for an organisation like Interpol, and this will be very unique for the delegates to have and to take back to their country as something with meaning to them.”