Badge Instead of Kilt Pin?

[OC Richard]

So I just looked over the 56 kilted men in The Highlanders of Scotland (late 1860s) and it looks like only 5 are wearing kilt pins.

I have loads of Victorian photos and it's the same story there, kilt pins just weren't popular then.

Interestingly, of the five kilted Highland regiments that survived the 1809 cuts only one, the 92nd Foot (Gordon Highlanders) adopted kilt pins.

Anyhow here are the four clearly visible kilt pins in THOS. As you can see one is, in effect, a miniature Clan bonnet badge.

Two (one circular, one oval) appear to be penannular style pins.

Remembering these small round kilt pins is what made the King's pin look "Victorian" to me.