93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Plaid Brooch - Made to order
93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Plaid Brooch - Made to order
93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Plaid Brooch
Museum quality plated army issue pattern as worn by the regiment and patterned from an original Victorian plaid brooch.
Made to order by our regimental silversmith in Scotland - silver plated on solid brass version approx 3 -4 weeks
Full hallmarked sterling silver version also available £P.O.A
The 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Infantry Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1799. Under the Childers Reforms, it amalgamated with the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
The regiment was raised from the Sutherland Fencibles by Major-General William Wemyss on behalf of the Countess of Sutherland as the 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot on 16 April 1799. The first muster of the regiment took place at Skail in Strathnaver in August 1800. One of the soldiers who attended the muster was Sergeant Samuel Macdonald, a soldier who stood six feet ten inches tall and had a chest measuring 48 inches. The Countess of Sutherland, on seeing Sergeant Macdonald, donated a special allowance of 2 shillings 6 pence a day, and stated that anyone as large as Macdonald "must require more sustenance than his military pay can afford.