Badge, Cap, Gordon Highlanders

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Badge, Cap, Gordon Highlanders

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Large silver metal Gordon Highlanders cap badge, featuring the Gordon family crest of a stag, a crown and a wreath of ivy leaves. The word 'Bydand' ('Steadfast') sits in a banner at the bottom. These badges were traditionally worn by Gordon Highlanders junior Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and soldiers. Forming the ranks were farmers and fishermen, ghillies and labourers, aristocrats and university students. This infantry regiment was formed in 1881 and recruited in north-eastern Scotland. ...

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Date created

1900-1920

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Unknown manufacturer

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3278/objects/1574470

Related subjects

Clothing and Accessories / Military / 1910s

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