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№ 220

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16 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£700

93rd Sutherland Highlanders, a fine and rare officer’s glengarry/bonnet badge c. 1836 - 55 in heavy die-cast copper gilt, a crowned circular strap ‘Sutherland Highlanders’ enclosing the numerals ‘93’, these mounted on a blackened disc, thistle sprays around the strap and a short furled scroll at the base ‘Cape of Good Hope’; together with three buttons of the Crimean period, an officer’s diamond shaped doublet button, an other ranks pewter example (shank bent) and an other ranks small size shell jacket example (no shank), on the bonnet badge the copper loop fasteners are missing, otherwise in good condition (4)
£300-400