{"product_id":"ww1-72nd-cef-or-72nd-regiment-of-foot-large-25mm-button","title":"WW1 72nd CEF or 72nd Regiment of Foot, large 25mm button.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis button has me slightly confused, it of the style normally associated with the WW1 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlander CEF, however the benchmark shows it to date 1876-1894, so over to you to decide, the below information might assist, as its not the style of the 72nd Regt of Foot shown in my refence books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe regiment was renamed the 72nd (or Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in December 1823, after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, who was commander-in-chief of the British Army and brother of King George IV. At that point they again adopted Highland dress, but with trews rather than the kilt, with only pipers wearing the kilt. \u003cbr\u003eThe regiment had a distinguished service record — the Cape of Good Hope, India, Crimea, Afghanistan — before uniting with the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment on 1 July 1881 to become the 1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s). \u003cbr\u003eDating the button\u003cbr\u003eThis is where the Firmin backmark becomes really useful. The backmark “Firmin \u0026amp; Sons LD [address] London” dates to 1876–1894. Since the regiment ceased to exist as the 72nd Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders in 1881, a button with this backmark would date to the narrow window of 1876–1881 — the final years of the regiment’s independent existence. That makes this a late-period officer’s button for the original regiment, just before amalgamation. Quite scarce.\u003cbr\u003eThe Canadian connection\u003cbr\u003eThere’s a direct lineage link worth noting for listings: the Canadian 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada took the number 72 specifically from the old 72nd Regiment of Foot, the Seaforth Highlanders of Scotland. So both buttons share the stag’s head device — explaining why it was easy to confuse the two at first.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52906324590920,"sku":"13.4.26 (28)","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-0288.heic?v=1776235886","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/ww1-72nd-cef-or-72nd-regiment-of-foot-large-25mm-button","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}