Batman (military) Batman (military) A batman or an orderly is a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's "bat-horse" that carried the pack saddle with his officer's kit during a campaign. The U.K. English term is derived from the obsolete "bat", meaning "pack saddle" (from French "bât", from Old French "bast", from Late Latin "bastum"). A batman's duties often include: The action of serving as a batman was referred to as "batting". In armies where officers typically came from the upper
Woman giving Money to a Servant-Girl giving a coin to a servant was copied by Michiel van Musscher: In the 20th century the painting came into the hands of the New York dealer Knoedler and was purchased in 1927 by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch, and by their legacy it came into the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum in 1944 with the inventory number M.44.2.8, but the museum deacquisitioned it in 2009. It was sold for $1,650,500 on June 4, 2009, to benefit future acquisitions. Woman giving Money to a Servant-Girl Lady handing a coin to a Servant-Girl (c. 1668–72) is an oil