A 48th Highlanders Regiment Cap Badge c.1904
A 48th Highlanders Regiment Cap Badge c.1904 - 53 mm x 59 mm, die stamped brass, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Founded in 1891, the Regiment's service has included Operation Recuperation, the Golan Heights, Korea, South Africa, Cambodia, Cyprus, Bosnia, and Afghanistan to name only a few and of course, along with the First World War (15th Infantry Battalion, CEF), the Second World War and the Boer War. The Regiment is allied with the British Army regiment The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons, formerly the Gordon Highlanders). The relationship with the Gordon Highlanders represents the oldest officially sanctioned regimental alliance in the Commonwealth and small unit exchanges are conducted frequently.