Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Highland Light Infantry Officer’s Plaid Brooch, an extremely fine example in hallmarked silver showing a quoit with engraved decoration and mounted with continual thistle sprays and battle honours up to “Egypt 1882”, in the centre is mounted the cross of the Order of the Thistle, this in turn has silver overlays comprising a QVC, a coiled bugle horn with HLI monogram in the centre, below the bugle horn a scroll “Assaye” and the elephant, stout pin fastener, struck in no less than three places for Birmingham 1900 by J & Co (Jennens), very good condition £400-600