Badge Instead of Kilt Pin?

[Troglodyte]

I should add...

The Honours of Scotland lion crest is that used by the Balmoral Highlanders, so The King's kilt-pin is most likely one of those, or the original that the BHs' badge is copied from.

Here is what it looks like in detail -

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Using a strap-and-buckle clan badge as a kilt-pin is nothing new, although not often seen.

I stumbled across one of my own clan badges in an antique shop, several decades ago. Being under-sized, it is too small for use as a bonnet badge, and too large for a lapel pin - but is perfect on the kilt and I have used it that way ever since.

Being hallmarked silver from early last century, the quality is excellent and a good alternative to the targe-and-claymore or crest-and-claymore style pins that are so commonly seen.

BHs' circlet pins occasionally come up for sale, but command high prices as you might imagine.