Overall: 59cm (23.5in) x 100cm (39.5in)
Cased collection of Archers’ uniform details contained in a glazed case and bearing a plaque inscribed. ’Presented to the officer’s Mess Bramley By Mrs Egan in Memory of the Late Col. M.H. Egan, CMG, CBE.’
Court Dress Uniform Facings Post 1863
Gold Lace and Velvet Cuff x 2
Gold Lace Turn backs
KC Waist Belt Clasp x 1
Court Dress Uniform Skirt Ornament
QVC Gold & Silver Bullion Wire x 2
Full Dress Shoulder Belt Plate
KC SBP Silver & Gilt x 1
Full Dress Epaulette Bosses
QVC Gold & Silver Bullion Wire x 2
KC Silver and Gold Bullion Wire x 1
Field Dress Bow-Case Thistle Badge
‘The Star of The Thistle worn at the bottom of the Bow-case, the Star is that of the Order of The Most Noble Order of the Thistle. It consists of a St Andrew’s saltire with clusters of rays between the arms thereof. In the centre is depicted a circle bearing the motto of the Order in gold; within the circle, there is depicted a thistle on a gold field. Superimposed on the badge is the Royal Crown and depending on reign in which the badge was made, either ‘QUEENS BODY GUARD FOR SCOTLAND’ or ‘KING’S BODY GUARD FOR SCOTLAND’
QVC Bow Case Badge x 2
KC Bow Case Badge x 2
Field Dress? Bonnet Badge (small)
‘The Cross of St Andrew on which two arrows and the Royal Crown are superimposed within a circle bearing the title ‘ROYAL COMPY OF ARCHERS.’ Below is an emblem of the Thistle within a circle with the motto ‘NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT’, a motto of The Royal Company and displayed on the Colours since 1713, following the grant of a Royal Charter by Queen Anne in 1704.
QVC Bronze x 1
QVC Silver x 2
QVC Gilt x 1
‘Nemo me impune lacessit’ (No one provokes me with impunity) was the Latin motto of the House of Stuart, dating from the reign of King James VI. It roughly translates in Scots as ‘Wha daur meddle wi’ me’. In addition to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of The Thistle, it is also the motto of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Scots Guards and the Royal Regiment of Scotland.’
Bonnet Badge (large) with Cockade
‘Bonnet badge is of crossed arrows, with the inscription ‘Royal Compy of Archers’, on a green and white cockade and worn with a single eagle’s feather. The cockade has been worn since 1713.
KC Gilt x 2
Bow-Case 1676 Badge
The Bow-Case badge is of crossed arrows and bears a Royal Company motto ‘In Peace and War’. This motto is derived from the Fourth (Quarto) Law of the Royal Company (1676): ‘. . . which Act shall have appended to it the Company’s Seal, bearing for their Arms, Cupid and Mars, with the motto, ‘IN PEACE AND WARR.’
Gilt x 2
Silver x 1
Belt Buckle
At the centre of the brass buckle is a crest and the motto ‘IN DEFENS.’ The crest, atop the Crown of Scotland, is a lion, seated and forward facing, itself wearing the Crown of Scotland and holding the two remaining elements of the Honours of Scotland, the Sword of State and the Sceptre. ‘IN DEFENS’ is the abbreviated form of ‘In my defens God me defend’, in use since 1488 (if not earlier), the motto of both the Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom used in Scotland
The badge is inscribed with either ‘QUEENS BODY GUARD FOR SCOTLAND’ or ‘KING’S BODY GUARD FOR SCOTLAND’ depending on reign in which the badge was made.
KC Gilt x 1
Field Dress Belt Buckle
QVC Undress Gilt x 2
QVC Centre x 1
Undress Peak Cap Badge
QVC Gilt Thistle x 1
Sovereign’s Body Guard Buttons
QVC Large Gilt x 2
QVC Cuff Gilt x 1
QC ‘King’s’ Large Gilt x 1
KC Cuff x Gilt
KC Large Gilt x 1
Colonel Egan, RAOC, late Royal Scots, was a Deputy Assistant Director General of Ordance at Head-Quarters, 1902. He served in France and Flanders during Great War from 1914. His son, Lt Charles Egan RN, was lost in HMS Ardent at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916.