Napier Clan 1930’s Scottish Glengarry - Bonnet Badge.

Family - Napier

Motto - Absque dedecore - Without stain

Blazon - Two Dexter Hands Clasped In Amity Holding A Dagger In Pale, All Ppr.

Source - Fairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed.

Makers initials back stamp R.G.L - R G Lawrie - Nickel silver

Approx. 52mm x 48mm

Traditionally the Napiers are descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox who were one of the Celtic royal families of Scotland and Ireland. One theory holds that a “naperer” is “a person in charge of table linen in a royal or manor house” and that the original Napiers must have been “naperers” as an office for the royal household. However, there is not much evidence for this title being used in Scotland.