{"product_id":"73rd-perthshire-regiment-of-foot-20mm-button","title":"73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot 20mm button","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20mm size gilded brass officers button\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe regiment: The 73rd Regiment of Foot was originally raised in 1780 as the 2nd Battalion of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, becoming its own regiment in 1786 while serving in India. It fought in the Second, Third and Fourth Mysore Wars, took part in the capture of Pondicherry (1793) and the Siege of Seringapatam (1799), and remained in India until 1805.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA 2nd Battalion raised from Nottingham militia in 1809 went on to fight at Quatre Bras and Waterloo in 1815, repelling eleven French cavalry charges, before being disbanded in 1817.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1858 the regiment moved to Calcutta and fought in Central India during the Indian Mutiny. It picked up the “Perthshire” designation in 1862, becoming the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, and spent the following two decades garrisoning England, Hong Kong, Ceylon and India.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eUnder the Childers Reforms it was amalgamated back into the 42nd in 1881 to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) as its 2nd Battalion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e73rd Regiment of Foot buttons made by J.W. Reynolds \u0026amp; Co, 50 St Martins Lane.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe “Perthshire” designation only came in 1862, so a button reading simply “73” without that title most likely predates 1862, or was produced in the earlier style even after (makers didn’t always update dies immediately). Given the regiment amalgamated in 1881, the button’s manufacture window sits somewhere in the 1850s–1870s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53693292118344,"sku":"10068","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-1708_5b11ba6f-f4eb-405d-b444-2f149d7083d4.heic?v=1786262189","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/73rd-perthshire-regiment-of-foot-20mm-button","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}