Victorian Cameron Highlanders?

[mtrpltpara]

Thanks for showing, it's a beauty.
Regards,
Bill.

[MarkMcM]

Originally Posted by mtrpltpara

Thanks for showing, it's a beauty.
Regards,
Bill.

My pleasure, Bill!

[Frank Kelley]

Yes, it is certainly in the detail and the quality of the white metal used, that is a very typical example.

Originally Posted by MarkMcM

I wonder if this is a case of the devil being in the details (or St Andrew, more appropriately). This particular example is extremely fine in detail and execution. Might it be indicative of an early issue?

[Frank Kelley]

The quality of the dies and material used, the depth of the strike, in particular and the loops are all very good indicators of those badges, whilst fairly common in themselves, they do certainly stand out and were carried on the veldt during the Anglo Boer War by the battalion, who had only left Egypt at the beginning of March 1900.

Originally Posted by MarkMcM

Thanks for all the responses, gentlemen! This is all excellent stuff! Now is there any way to determine early issue scroll badges?

[magpie]

2 of the boer war badges mentioned in my earlier post with the board they came on.

[Alan O]

Great examples especially of the 'raised-tail cat' on the solid Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders.

[MarkMcM]

Thanks Frank & magpie! Well, those two examples do seem like a dead-on die match to the example I provided!

[Frank Kelley]

No, 1912 is completely wrong, the battalion actually wore the badge with a scroll before it sailed for South Africa in 1900.

Originally Posted by magpie

Like a few others I suppose I've just read it, sealed 1897 issued 1912?, orasot and I bought most of a boer war collection on boards a few years ago with the youngest badge being 1902-3 and no slidered badges among them if I recall correctly, the camerons badge is of the scroll type, I'd just like to know if the 1912 date is correct or if they were first issued with all the other 1897 cap badges.