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Souvenir tartan identification?
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16-03-19, 07:54 PM
Tinto
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Mike,
"Black Watch" tartan was worn from the early 1700's. The Royal Highland Regiment was supposedly named The Black Watch because of the dark government tartan.
I should add that most of the badges date from around the First World War.
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