Black Watch

[rmarsden]

Black Watch gold bar brooch. Stamped 9 CT C.P.& Co.
(Charles Perry) Birmingham 1911-1945. Silver badge with
red & blue enamels and a gilt oval and crown.

[monty]

Hello mate.Just a comment on the super brooch,Is it marked silver?,If not the chances are its white gold.In one of those nice period brooch box`s it would really look the Dogs --------.

[rmarsden]

Monty, the badge is not marked silver I will take it to work tomorrow and test it.
Ron.

[Recce]

Quite an interesting Brooch, and for it's date In great condetion.
seen a few Scottish as Canadian.

In Canada they're Classified as Lady Brooch.
Made in Silver and Gold, If I remember correctly.

[rmarsden]

Monty, have had the badge tested by XRAY XAN.
Analysis of silver part 85.84% Silver 7.92% Gold 6.24% Copper.
Ron.

[rmarsden]

Recce, a Canadian sweetheart brooch in silver and enamels.
Ron.

[Recce]

Originally Posted by rmarsden

Recce, a Canadian sweetheart brooch in silver and enamels.
Ron.

Nice example of one thank you for posting the Picture. Whoever some were made privately and seen few examples in my time in Gold and Silver or completely silver.

I Fined them quite interesting.

[rmarsden]

A WW2 example in bronze with a silver pin.

[Recce]

Originally Posted by rmarsden

A WW2 example in bronze with a silver pin.

This looks very Scottish to me, the WW2 would have the Canada?

I forgot I'm Overseas

Question The Lion & Human face with the Wig
whats that called

[regimentalrogue]

One from my odds and ends drawer. The scale markings are millimetres. The brooch is 18 mm (11/16 inches) tall.

[fougasse1940]

Originally Posted by Recce

Question The Lion & Human face with the Wig
whats that called

A sphinx.

Rgds,
fougase1940.

[Recce]

Originally Posted by regimentalrogue

One from my odds and ends drawer. The scale markings are millimetres. The brooch is 18 mm (11/16 inches) tall.

First Nothing thats Canadian Black Watch is Odds & Ends
Very Nice I can't make out the Stamp?
What year?
What Metal?
I've seen that Pine end Mechanism on the old ones, from the Great War.
Does the point tip pass the locking Mechanism?
Looks like it needs and cleaning with Coca-Cola
Whoever has an old look when not cleaned

[Recce]

Originally Posted by fougasse1940

A sphinx.

Rgds,
fougase1940.

That's a Sphinx looks nothing like one.
To Moi it looks like he has those British long Judges Wigs on.
The outlook of the face ect., looks nothing like an Egyptian Sphinx.

A Sphinx represents Egyptian culture be doing
on British or Scottish Badges? just an observation.

[Alan O]

The Sphinx is a battlehonour from the Egyptian campaign when the predecessors of the Black Watch gave Napoleon's French troops a good hiding.

In 1908 the newly formed Territorial Bns of the Black Watch had badges made without the sphinx on them as they did not posess that battlehonour of the the Regular Bn as they ahd not fought in Eqypt.

[Recce]

Originally Posted by Alan O

The Sphinx is a battlehonour from the Egyptian campaign when the predecessors of the Black Watch gave Napoleon's French troops a good hiding.

In 1908 the newly formed Territorial Bns of the Black Watch had badges made without the sphinx on them as they did not posess that battlehonour of the the Regular Bn as they ahd not fought in Eqypt.

Something I didn't know Mr. Alan O, concerning the Sphinx on the Badges. whoever on The Montreal 42nd Highlanders C.E.F. it has the Sphinx not on 13th BATT., badge.