Vintage Military Scottish Clan Murray of Atholl Kilt Badge Scotland Private Army

Vintage silver coloured metal cap / kilt / sporran badge for the Clan Murray of Atholl crest badge and brooch featuring a demi-savage holding a sword and a key, encircled by a buckled belt bearing the clan motto "Furth Fortune and Fill the Fetters". A demi-savage (wild man) wreathed in laurel around the head and waist, holding a dirk (dagger) in one hand and a key in the other. "Furth Fortune and Fill the Fetters" (traditionally translated as "Go forth, good fortune attend you, and may you fill the shackles/fetters with captives"). Marked stamped 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' to reverse. GC.


Clan Murray of Atholl is a powerful and historically prominent Highland Scottish clan whose chief holds the title of Duke of Atholl. Tracing their ancestry back to a 12th-century Flemish nobleman named Freskin, the clan rose to immense power through strategic marriages and loyal service to the Scottish Crown. Today, the clan is famous for maintaining the Atholl Highlanders, which is celebrated as Europe's only legal private army.

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