defense force treasure 'lost' throughout World war 2 reunited with Scots regiment

A militia treasure thought to have been lost all over WW2 has been reunited with a Scots regiment - 80 years after it vanished.

The silver fruit stand turned into mentioned to had been sealed in a bank vault all the way through the warfare because the 2nd Battalion of Gordon Highlanders fought in the fight of Singapore.

however the 19th century centrepiece vanished and not using a trace and consultants feared it become lost continually. Now 80 years later the Dessert Stand has been reunited with the regiment after it was rediscovered when it was listed as a part of an auction sale.

as soon as its history became printed it was withdrawn from sale.

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A volunteer from the Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, found an inventory of silver marked as missing following the conclusion of WW2.The stand changed into a part of a collection however its pair is still missing.

The Museum turned into capable of purchase the historic stand from the family who had it for very nearly 60 years.

Museum curator Ruth Cox pointed out: "we're fully delighted with the acquisition of this stand, which is an artistically striking and historically important addition to our collection of silver."

The stand will now be displayed at the museum as a memorial to all these in the regiment who misplaced their lives.

The silver stand would shuttle with a regiment or battalion at any place they were stationed and be in commonplace use, for this reason it become liable to loss or catch.

a great deal of the 2nd Battalion's silver was on no account recovered after the autumn of Singapore in 1942.

The Dessert Stands had been final recorded by way of the Gordon Highlanders all the way through a pursuits check of regimental property shortly earlier than the jap invaded Thailand in 1941

Museum researcher Stewart Mitchell mentioned: "in this eightieth anniversary yr of the fall of Singapore in 1942, it is fitting that this regimental centrepiece has now come domestic.

"it is possibly all the more becoming that it will be now exhibited to commemorate the Gordon Highlanders of the 2nd Battalion who lost their lives within the combating to protect Singapore and then right through their subsequent years of imprisonment as some distance East Prisoners of war."

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