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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 713

An Officer's Plaid Brooch, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders

cast and chased in nickel-plated metal, two wreaths of thistles and leaves containing, on a circlet, the title SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS, all around a voided centre; transverse pin brooch fitting; very good condition; 94mm diameter.

The 93rd received the sub-title 'Sutherland Highlanders' in 1861. Cavendish, A.E.J., An Reisimeid Chataich: the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders 1799-1927 (Privately published, 1928) suggests that plaid brooches of this type were introduced in the mid-1830s (pp. 327-329) and worn until 1882.



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Sold for
£400