Dornoch Festival Week badge c 1980

Date Added: 12 October 2012 Year: 1980 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2012_040 | ▶ Picture No: 11334

Badge produced from the first Dornoch Festival Week held c 1980. The circular badge with pin fastening is white enamel on tin. The central motif, representative of the burgh, golf links and local history, is a white cat with a black golf club surrounded by flames with wording 'Dornoch Festival Week'

Dimensions: Diameter 35 mm thickness 3 mm

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The flames are for the burning of Janet Horne, and the cat is a wildcat which is the emblem of Sutherland. The triangle made by the golf club represents the spire of the cathedral.

Comment left on 24 December 2012 at 13:57 by PM Thank you for explaining the meaning of the symbols Administrator

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