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    Quote Originally Posted by sdmurray4 View Post
    I was wondering if someone could help potentially date and shed more light on this very old sporran that has just come into my possession. I acquired it from a lady who was offloading some of her late husbands militaria collection. It looks to be a Black Watch Sporran, however there are no dates or stamps on the back. I have also been having a hard time place the "St.Andrew" Badge on the cantle....all the images I have seen online have a thistle and laurels beneath his feet...this one is without.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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    I suppose that strange sporran badge is an edwardian era collar badge (worn on collars of officers red dress doublets), somehow got onto ORs sporran intead of standard badge.
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    Last edited by blackwatch70; 23rd April 21 at 03:23 AM.

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