BRITISH MILITARY CAP BADGES, Royal Company of Archers Tam o' Shanter

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An original 1970 Royal Company of Archers (The Queen’s Bodyguard in Scotland) Tam o’ Shanter with a pre-1953 Gilt Metal Cap Badge. The name of the owner ‘Lt. Col. A.M. Sprot. 1/5073. 31. 7. 70.” is typed on the label inside the tam. The black tam o’ shanter has a dark red torrie on the top and black ribbons at the back. The Royal Company of Archers badge is mounted against a dark green rosette and a light blue grosgrain ribbon. The cap is trimmed in burgundy velvet. The inside of the cap has a maker’s label: Stewart, Christie & Co. Ltd, 86 George Street Edinburgh. The badge measures 4.2 X 6.3 cm. The interior circumference of the tam is 21.25 inches, approximately size 6 1/2 to 6 5/8. (The photo is for historical information only and is not included with this item.)Commissioned in 1940, the young officer served in Palestine, survived the Battle of El Alamein, took part in the invasion of Italy and fought through North-west Europe where his fearless leadership under fire earned him the Military Cross. In the words of his citation he had shown “outstanding skill and initiative and a complete disregard for danger.” Commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys he trained on horseback, joining the regiment in Palestine in 1941 and spending 1942 and much of the following year in the Western Desert. He then landed at Salerno, south-east of Naples, in September 1943 and was later deployed to Normandy, advancing from the D-Day beaches in June 1944.He saw action around Caen and Falaise until August and it was during the push across the river Somme at the beginning of September that his daring and courage was most graphically illustrated. Now a captain, he was commanding a reconnaissance troop aiming to seize a crossing over the river. Working at speed, he discovered a concealed approach over a tributary, giving the regiment the element of surprise which prevented a bridge, already primed for destruction, from being blown up. He then personally led the leading squadron down to the river where two more bridges had been prepped for demolition.He continued to serve with his regiment in Germany until 1952 and then in Libya, Egypt and Jordan. Returning to the UK in 1955, he spent three years here before going back to Germany, serving as commanding officer from 1959 until his retirement from the army three years later, as a Lt Col. He became a member of the Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland in 1950 and a Peebleshire County councillor for many years, he was also the county’s deputy lord lieutenant until 1980, when he became lord lieutenant for Tweeddale, and was particularly proud to welcome HM The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their 1988 visit to Peebleshire. Among other posts, he was honorary secretary of the Royal Caledonian Hunt, president of the Lowlands Territorial Army and of the Lothian Federation of Boys’ Clubs, vice-president of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and honorary president of Peebles Royal British Legion. His part in the liberation of France was finally marked in 2015 when he was awarded the country’s Legion d’Honneur in a ceremony aboard a French naval vessel in Leith. Some years earlier he had written his own war memoirs, Swifter Than Eagles, recounting his service with the Royal Scots Greys, later the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. We ship worldwide. For addresses outside the US, use the “Calculate Shipping” button under the International Shipping section to calculate your cost. eBay shipping does not include any duty or customs charges that may be required by your local postal agency.We have hundreds of badges that are not yet listed on our site. If you are looking for a particular badge, write us a question and if we have what you want, we will list the badge that you are interested in if we have it and send you a reply.

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