Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
With Highland battalions it might be the case that each battalion had their aprons made expressly for themselves, and could vary like their spats do, and/or they could have been produced by a large number of contractors showing all sorts of variation.
I didn't think of this relative independence of the Highland Battalions. Here in the US the central Army command would create a 50 page spec sheet for a roll of toilet paper. Every Army roll shalt be the same regardless of who the contractor was that made it. And probably Army green.