GENUINE BRITISH MILITARY ISSUE LONDON SCOTTISH REGIMENTAL SPORRAN FOR KILT WEAR
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Genuine British Army London Scottish Regimental Sporran with Waist Belt 18 1/2”L x 6 1/2”W Genuine, authentic scottish military sporran of the London Scottish Regiment, as worn by Other Ranks (enlisted) in No. 1 or No.2 dress. This regiment is now folded into the London Regiment. From the regiment’s website: 1859 - 1899 The Highland Armed Association of London and The Loyal North Britons had been raised in 1793 and 1803 as part of the country's Volunteer Forces ready to repel Napoleon's threatened invasion of England. These formations were later disbanded and it was not until after the Crimean War that the country's security seemed again to be in danger. So, in 1859, sponsored by The Highland Society of London and The Caledonian Society of London, a group of individual Scots raised The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lt Col Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March. He decided to clothe the Regiment in Hodden Grey, the homespun cloth known throughout Scotland. This avoided all inter-clan feeling on the subject of tartan and, as Lord Elcho said "A soldier is a man hunter. As a deer stalker chooses the least visible of colours, so ought a soldier to be clad." The only regiments wearing Hodden Grey are The London Scottish and The Toronto Scottish. This sporran was likely never issued and is
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