Scots Guards?

[Wayne Ihaka]

large 9cm top to bottom

another odd from local auction

has replacement lugs on rear but also 4 stubs of what I take to be screw posts

what exactly is that?

what regiment?IMG_1461.jpg

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[Michael Griffiths]

Hi Wayne,

I think the item is a pouch badge to The Scots Guards. Reginald H.W. Cox, in his book titled
MILITARY BADGES of The British Empire 1914-18, badge # 1414 indicates that it was in gilding metal. The badge shown is 9 cm top to bottom. all the photos of badges in his book
are same size.

Michael.

[Frank Kelley]

An old Scot Guards valise badge, with the remains of it's original copper wire loops.

Originally Posted by Wayne Ihaka

large 9cm top to bottom

another odd from local auction

has replacement lugs on rear but also 4 stubs of what I take to be screw posts

what exactly is that?

what regiment?Attachment 180988

Attachment 180989

[John Mulcahy]

Frank is spot on, it appears to be a valise star (sometimes annotated as Greatcoat Ornament in records).

According to Col W.W. Mahon, The Irish Guards Star Part I, The Irish Guards Journal 1986, p 48, the original fitting was four loops replaced by the box type fitment sometime before 1910.

John