{"product_id":"qvc-42nd-royal-highland-regiment-of-foot-black-watch-button","title":"QVC 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, Black Watch button.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fine large 25mm gilt tunic button for the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, better known as The Black Watch. The face bears the regiment’s distinctive eight-pointed star with the numeral 42 at the centre, the classic pre-1881 pattern worn before the Childers Reforms amalgamated the regiment. Officer’s quality, with the crisp detail and rich gilding typical of a privately purchased button rather than an issue piece.\u003cbr\u003eThe reverse is stamped with the maker’s mark of W. Jones \u0026amp; Co., 36 Regent Street, London — a Regent Street address puts this firmly in the upper end of the Victorian military outfitting trade, supplying officers rather than the rank and file. The address is consistent with a mid-Victorian date, placing this button around 1850 and pre-dating the regiment’s 1881 redesignation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52905429205320,"sku":"13.4.26 (26)","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-0274.heic?v=1776201220","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/qvc-42nd-royal-highland-regiment-of-foot-black-watch-button","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}