Balmoral Highlanders silver

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How interesting. Do the 1870 buttons have a maker's mark? They are unlikely to be BH at that date as Macleay's Highlanders of Scotland published that year makes no mention is made of The
Balmoral Highlanders, rather the subjects of the Balmoral portraits are referred to as 'The Retainers belonging to the Queen’s Highland Estate'.

In 1887, the Golden Jubilee Year, the Braemar Gathering was held at Balmoral and this is widely agreed as the debut of what we now recognise as The Balmoral Highlanders.

The silver buttons are Lumsden and co Aberdeen, plated are Firmin and son London,

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The silver buttons are Lumsden and co Aberdeen, plated are Firmin and son London,

Balmoral Highlanders buttons

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The silver buttons are Lumsden and co Aberdeen, plated are Firmin and son London,

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Pair of dirks one Balmoral Highlanders the other a dress dirk