75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment O/Rs badge pre 1881

This is genuine example of this much copied badge. It is Bloomer 205. Nicely polished to high points and two good lugs to rear. The 75th were raised in 1787 by Robert Abecromby,They first saw action in India, fighting at Seringapatam and Mysore. (Hence the Royal Tiger in the badge).During the Napoleonic Wars the 75th were stationed in the Mediterranean. Later, during the colonial period they served in South Africa . In 1862 they became the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment. In 1881 the 75th amalgamated with the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st battalion, the Gordon Highlanders. They had spent so long away from Scotland that they were effectively an English unit that had to relearn how to wear kilts!