1st-4th Tyneside Scottish cap badge, first pattern

This badge is made of white metal (now rusted), and is round in shape, marking it as an example of the first badge pattern used by the Other Ranks of the 1st-4th Tyneside Scottish battalions. The badge depicts a lion standing on a castle tower and grasping a flag that bears a small St. Andrew's cross, flanked by leaves and thistles. Around the outside of the badge is the Northumberland Fusiliers' Latin motto, "QUO FATA VOCANT" ("Whither the Fates call" in English). Below the tower on a scroll is written, "TYNESIDE SCOTTISH". The 1st-4th Tyneside Scottish battalions were locally-recruited battalions that formed the 102nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade. They were known as the 20th-23rd (Service) Battalions as part of the Northumberland Fusiliers in the British Army. These battalions landed in France and took part in several battles on the Western Front, including the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Arras.