Early 20th Century Provincial Silver King's Own Scottish Borderers Menu Holder

An early 20th century Provincial silver Regimental Menu Holder with plain circular weighted base, the arched menu holder formed as the badge and insignia of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

By H. Archer & Co, Sheffield, 1932.

The Regimental Badge: ‘In silver, a thistle wreath; within the wreath a circlet pierced with designation “King’s Own Scottish Borderers” Above the circlet a scroll surmounted by the Royal Crest, the scroll pierced with the motto, ‘In Veritate Religionis Confido’. Over the circlet, the Cross of St Andrew in burnished silver. On the cross, the Castle of Edinburgh. On the wreath at the bottom of the circlet a scroll with the motto in relief, ‘Nisi Dominus Frustra.’

The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in the Scottish Division, active from March 1689 until it merged in 2006. Originally the Edinburgh Regiment, designated the 25th Regiment of Foot (1751), renamed the King's Own Borderers (1805), and finally the King's Own Scottish Borderers (1887).

£185.00