A attractive piece of - albeit regrettably single - KOSB (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Leslie tartan

This is a good example of a single piece of KOSB (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Leslie tartan. In the period between the wars, the regiment's regular battalions were sent all over the British Empire to Ireland, Egypt and Hong Kong but were quickly recalled home at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. One of its heaviest losses during the war was at the ill-fated Battle of Arnhem in which the 7th Battalion, as part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade of 1st Airborne Division, suffered 90% casualties in September 1944;13 they defended the perimeter in Oosterbeek against 2nd SS Panzer Corps.

Code: 51947