As for civilian wearing of feather bonnets with those dicing patterns, yes I have seen many feather bonnets sold in the ordinary civilian trade with the red & white 93rd Highlanders/Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders dicing.
But in 40 years of being around this stuff I can't remember ever seeing a civilian-market Glengarry or feather bonnet with the military red white & green dicing. The legit UK makers AFAIK have long used red white & black for the civilian market. (Red white & green for the Gordon Highlanders and the Seaforth Highlanders; red white & blue for the Black Watch and Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, who BTW used dicing on their feather bonnets but not on their Glengarries.)
It is a problem with Highland Dress that firms like Thomas Gordon & Son made doublets using identical materials and patterns for both military and civilian use, and likewise you'll see bonnets and various other things made identically by the same firms for both markets.
About the wider-spaced lugs, there would be a number of units using feather bonnets with the red & white dicing
-the 93rd Highlanders from the late 18th century to 1881.
-the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from 1881 to recent times. Not so long ago their pipes & drums were on tour and the drummers were wearing these bonnets.
-the Calgary Highlanders.
-Cape Breton Highlanders.
-Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada.
Perhaps if you could determine the width between the lugs on these various cap badges you might find a match.
Victorian 93rd Highlanders badge
Calgary Highlanders badge
Last edited by OC Richard; 16th August 17 at 05:20 AM.
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