Cap Badge - The Royal Scots Fusiliers This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $20.00 on e-Bay in the Spring/Summer of 2017. This badge was deemed irrelevant to the museum. The money was used to purchase relevant badges for the collection. Badge: Large gilding metal badge in the form of a fused (or 'flaming') grenade. On the ball of the grenade is the Royal Arms surmounted by the Royal Crest with Imperial (King's) crown. On the Royal Arms is the inscription 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE (the motto of the Order of the Garter) and below the Arms the inscription 'DIEU ET MON DROIT'. Honi soit qui mal y pense (motto of the Order of the Garter) - Evil to him which evil thinks Dieu et mon droit - God and my right In 1901 the crown above the Arms was replaced by the Royal Crest. The badge was some four times larger than those of other fusilier regiments, which, together with the Royal Arms, signified that the Regiment was the senior among fusilier units. The badge was generally worn with a 42nd, “government”, tartan backing, although pipers wore an Erskine patch. The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment).