{"product_id":"edwardian-wwi-officer-s-oak-storage-box-with-gordon-highlanders-regiment-stag-cap-badge","title":"Edwardian WWI officer's oak storage box with Gordon Highlanders regiment stag cap badge","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003eMilitaria interest - WWI period officer's oak storage box with a latch lock mechanism. Bearing a silver-plated cap badge to the hinged cover of the Gordon Highlanders regiment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003eThis regiment's badge consists of a wreath of ivy leaves surrounding a stag's head issuing from a ducal coronet. This was the Gordon family crest. It was they who raised the regiment's predecessor, the 92nd Foot in 1794. Below this crest is a scroll bearing the motto: 'bydand', which means 'steadfast'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003eThe Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). Although the 'Gordon Highlanders' had existed as the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot since 1794, the actual 'Gordon Highlanders Regiment' was formed in 1881 by amalgamation of the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot and 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003eScotland\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003ec. 1914\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e1018 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e13 cm tall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e20 cm wide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e16 cm deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood antique condition. Scratches and nicks appropriate to age and use; crack along the edge of the left-hand side; one screw absent on the latch mechanism; protruding nail at the back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035661979981,"sku":"3696","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/207-IMG_0250-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946153","url":"https:\/\/ritasbazaar.co.uk\/products\/edwardian-wwi-officer-s-oak-storage-box-with-gordon-highlanders-regiment-stag-cap-badge","provider":"Rita’s Bazaar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}