Watch, pocket

Description

Pocket watch, hunter-cased in 9 carat gold, by Elgin National Watch Co., U.S.A., presented to Private Robert McLuckie, 1st Scots Guards, by the 'Public of Kirkintilloch on the occasion of his being awarded the D.C.M. 1916', World War I

Museum reference

M.1998.99.2

Object name

Watch, pocket

Production information

Elgin National Watch Co.
USA, North America

Date

c. 1916

Materials

Gold, 9 ct

Physical description

9 carat gold; hunter-cased; inscribed

Associations

British land forces: 1st Scots Guards, 3rd Battallion
Recipient: McLuckie, Robert, Private, 1916 (fl.)
World War I
Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Next of Kin: Scottish Families and the First World War (18 Apr 2014 - 31 Mar 2017)
  National War Museum
  Dumfries Museum
  Rozelle House Galleries
  Hawick Museum
  Low Parks Museum
  Grampian Transport Museum
  Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
  Swanson Gallery
  Perth Museum and Art Gallery
  Orkney Museum

References

London Gazette, 11 March 1916