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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 43

A Georgian Officer´s Plaid Brooch of the 78th Highlanders An extremely rare silver-gilt disc, by James Marshall (HM Edinburgh 1828), 2 3/8in. diameter, surmounted by Crown above 78 between thistle sprays, all in white metal, central ornament of facetted glass or quartz, with white metal scroll below inscribed CUIDICH.N.RHI (gilt rubbed, thistle spray repaired and re-fixed, numeral 8 in Regimental number replaced) See illustration Estimate £ 300-450

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£340