NAM.1984-05-111-1

Officer's plaid brooch, 1930 (c). Associated with Calcutta Scottish (A.F.I.). Circular Indian silver bearing a design in relief: in a wreath of thistle and lotus flowers and leaves a cross saltire, rayed and hatched on the centre of which are the arms of Calcutta (a shield charged with a three-masted sailing vessel, above which is a lion passant gardant, flanked by a tree. On each side of the shield is a stork balanced on one leg, a worm in its beak. The crest above the shield consists of a demi lion issuant from a crown. Below all, a scroll bearing the motto, 'Per Ardua Stabilis Esto'.) Between the upper arms the pierced entwined letters 'C', reversed 'S'. On reverse is a horizontal brooch fitting. Stamped on reverse, the following 'H & Co/ Silver' a representation of an elephant, each in a cartouche.