Finally got one!!!!!!

**creagdhubh** · 16th July 12, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Harold Cannon

This is their information and it will cost between $125 to $175 to have it plated.

Richard Perenic
Estes-Simmons Silversmiths, Inc. 1050 Northside Drive - Atlanta, GA 30318Phone: 404-875-9581 Fax: 404-873-4826 E-mail: rjp@estes-simmons.com

Wonderful! Thanks, mate!

**turpin** · 17th July 12, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt

The button clips that are on the originals can be purchased from any haberdashery section of large department stores and usually come 6 on a card in chrome or black. If you have any problem locating same. I think I have product numbers somewhere around. In my opinion they are far better to use than washers and C clips as the holding rivits/knobs can work loose when just too much pressure applied to them.

DK - Can you provide a little more info on how/where the button clips can be obtained? I'm not sure they are as available in the States.

thanks

**Harold Cannon** · 17th July 12, 10:55 AM

Joanns fabric carries them.

**turpin** · 17th July 12, 01:20 PM

Hold onto your Haggis, Gentlemen. I guess I have joined the club as well. As it was raining up a fair highland rain on Grandfather Mountain last week, my camping guest Dixiecat and her daughter Jeaneva and I went on a recreational thrift store crawl in Newland and environs. As we were about to leave the Ram's Rack a sharp-eyed Dixiecat spotted this little beauty in a case that was partially obscured by boxes. Can anyone identify the regimental badge?

Apparently it belonged to Private Walker. I think the date is 1959. It's a bit blurred.

Best of all, I paid $20. Not to shabby, eh?

**Thomas H** · 17th July 12, 01:25 PM

Awesome find , I too went looking at the shops there in Grandfather this week end , but was not as lucky . Great job
that is an awesome and rare find .

**Tobus** · 17th July 12, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

Best of all, I paid $20. Not to shabby, eh?

You'd better be joking!

**Downunder Kilt** · 17th July 12, 02:21 PM

Fantastic find Turpin. There is a PM in your box re your query and JOANNES seem the likely place as per Harolds reply

Originally Posted by turpin

Hold onto your Haggis, Gentlemen. I guess I have joined the club as well. As it was raining up a fair highland rain on Grandfather Mountain last week, my camping guest Dixiecat and her daughter Jeaneva and I went on a recreational thrift store crawl in Newland and environs. As we were about to leave the Ram's Rack a sharp-eyed Dixiecat spotted this little beauty in a case that was partially obscured by boxes. Can anyone identify the regimental badge?

Apparently it belonged to Private Walker. I think the date is 1959. It's a bit blurred.

Best of all, I paid $20. Not to shabby, eh?

**Dixiecat** · 17th July 12, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by Tobus

You'd better be joking!

He's not. I told him that if he didn't buy it, I'd buy it and taunt you all.

**artificer** · 17th July 12, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

Apparently it belonged to Private Walker. I think the date is 1959. It's a bit blurred.

Best of all, I paid $20. Not to shabby, eh?

If I'm correct, that badge would belong to the Gordon Highlanders.

Also, if I'm correct, that $20 price tag will have most X-Markers sad and bitter. ;) You're quite the bargain shopper Turpin.

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**OC Richard** · 17th July 12, 07:51 PM

There's one on Ebay now!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SCOT...item43b1c443cf

BTW that badge above, I think, was a generic Highland Division cap badge issued for a time to several regiments. I have one, which came on a TOS. I've not seen one stuck on a sporran before.

I'll do some checking.

Did some checking, appears that it is indeed a Highland Division cap badge

http://www.johnsonsofleeds.co.uk/sho...id_product=165

A reminder that that "Culloden" sporran, in 1953, wasn't introduced to the kilted regiments in isolation, but as part of an entire new uniform. The other new items were an Archer Green coatee and a dark blue TOS.
Here it all is in situ worn by a private of The Gordon Highlanders in 1955

(pipers continued to wear their old horsehair sporrans, and their Glengarries.)

Here are loads of them being worn, right after their introduction. Hampden Park, Glasgow, 1953

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc...6908-23877799/

Now, I used to be a member of "the club" as can be seen in this photo of the nice cantle collection I had at that time. I made a pattern for an 18th century style sporran body for that MOD cantle, and was shopping around for leather, when I decided to give up and sell the thing