Attached to the rosette is the Regimental Badge of the The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) is which features a "King's Crown", indicating issue before 1952.
The cap badge is distinctive, with the 8 pointed Star of the Order of the Thistle, bearing a banner reading THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS at the top, and another reading BLACK WATCH at the bottom. Within this is a thistle wreath surrounding an oval with the Royal Motto of Scotland: NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (No one provokes me with impunity). This was the Latin motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland from at least the reign of James VI when it appeared on the reverse side of merk coins minted in 1578 and 1580. The Very center of the badge is an image of St. Andrew with the Cross of Scotland, and at the very bottom is a Sphinx atop a tablet, added to the regimental emblems of all units that saw service in the Egyptian Campaign of 1801.