A Second War Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Cap Badge - Three-piece construction
Readily you adapted yourselves to the changing conditions of a new and formidable kind of warfare
In December 1875 the regiment was converted to a fusilier regiment under the designation 6th Battalion Hochelega Fusiliers but almost immediately in January 1876 renamed as the 6th Battalion Fusiliers
ornate hanger
the sinister talon holding a bundle of thirteen arrows that are relatively tight as sketched by Charles Thomson and not splayed like today's version
An 1841 Chillingham Games "Long Foot Race" Medal Archive A Second War Royal HamiltonAn 1841 Chillingham Games "Long Foot Race" Medal Silver, weighing 41. 2 grams, obverse engraved "CHILLINGHAM GAMES 1841." in the centre, "Won by" above and "Wm Ridpath." below, reverse engraved "LONG FOOT RACE", two raised rings and raised rim surrounding the inscriptions on both sides, 50. 8 mm, integral loop suspension with ring, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: Chillingham is a Village in Northumberland, England.