42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch), a very fine and early officer’s bonnet badge being a die-cast copper gilt Sphinx/Egypt badge, very fine reeded mantling and asp diadem head band, c1840(?), the badge retains some 80% of the fine fire gilding, crudely soldered replacement copper lugs £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Badges from the Collection of the late Arthur Strutt.

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