The Northumberland Fusiliers


Officer's Glengarry Badge 1881


Gilt badge worn by officers in undress on the Glengarry cap. The flaming grenade was a symbol of the fusilier regiments. The symbol of St George and the Dragon was adopted when the regiment was put on the English establishment in 1685.


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