Lace and fringe sample, drummer, 25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot, sealed pattern 1860

White worsted lace, 5/8 inches in width, bearing a blue chevron design. Fringe of twisted worsted, 1.75 inches in length, of blue and white.

A 'sealed pattern' is a prototype of any item that the British Army issued to soldiers. It provided clothing or equipment suppliers with an example to copy.

The regiment was raised in 1689 to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces on James VII, with the claim that 800 men were recruited within two hours. It was numbered as the 25th Regiment of Foot in 1751 and affiliated to Sussex in 1782, becoming the 25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot. When its recruiting area was moved to the Scottish borders in 1805, it became the 25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot. It became The King's Own Borderers under the Childers Reforms of 1881 with 'Scottish' being added to its name in 1887. In 2006, the unit amalgamated with various other Scottish regiments to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, becoming the 1st battalion of the new regiment.