Glengarry Badge 12th East Suffolk Regiment On Foot Antique Victorian c1874
MED24014.m
£96.00
This regiment was raised in 1685 by Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk. It was one of several units formed that year to defend King James II against a rebellion led by the Duke of Monmouth. Its recruits were predominantly from Norfolk and Suffolk, but also included a company of men who had previously been deployed to the American colony of Virginia. Subsequently it served in many British Army campaigns during it's long history including Gibraltar which explains the Gibraltar Motto Montis Insignia Calpe ("Insignia of the Mountain of Calpe"; Mons Calpe was the Latin name of the Rock of Gibraltar). In 1959, it was merged with The Royal Norfolk Regiment to form the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk).
Dimensions are: 6.8 x 5 cm or 2.67 x 1.96 Inches.
Weight: 20.9 grams or 0.74 Ounce.