THE ROYAL SCOTS (9TH HIGHLAND) BATTALION

.Officers Shoulder Belt PlateVery Scarce plate 1901 - 1907A white metal rectangular backing plate with large regimental badge to the centre. Reverse with J Stewart, Edinburgh, makers mark, two hooks and stud fixings.The 9th Battalion, Royal Scots was the highland (kilted) battalion of the Royal Scots. Formed in 1900 as a part-time Volunteer Force battalion in Edinburgh, in 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, it became a Territorial Force battalion. During the First World War it served on the Western Front. Post-war it was amalgamated with the 7th Battalion to form 7th/9th Royal Scots.