bearskin badge
Accession Number

NAM.1970-12-175-1-2

Description

Officer's bearskin badge, gilt metal, 1865 (c)-1901 (c). Die-struck, mounted, front, Royal arms with Victorian royal crest, mounted on ball of fused grenade. With two screw fittings behind mid-flame and mid-ball. Arms attached to ball by four pins north/south and east/west. Given the fittings badge might have been worn on a binocular case or some other item of equipment. From a collection of 17 items, associated with Royal Scots Fusiliers.