Hammer

£400

Scottish. Gordon Highlanders Victorian Officer's 1881 HM silver plaid brooch. Fine Edinburgh hallmarked (Z) silver quoit mounted with an ivy sprays with BYDAND across the base; to the centre, the crest of the Marquis of Huntly (issuing from a ducal coronet a stag head and antlers in high relief). Mounted on the quoit towards the outer rim, a long five part scroll inscribed PENINSULA EGYPT GORDON HIGHLANDERS INDIA WATERLOO. Stout pin to reverse. VGC.