Kilt Pin
A common story about kilt pins is they had their start in the Victorian age. The amusing story of the Queen while visiting Balmoral Castle, she was doing a regimental inspection of Scottish soldiers.
And on this particular day she noticed one soldier struggling against the wind to keep his kilt from exposing, she took a brooch from her coat and fastened it to this soldiers kilt. From this day on it is rumored to have become part of the Scottish Highland attire.
Today a kilt pin is a piece of jewelery that is worn on the lower corner of the kilts front apron.
It's actual function is to prevent the apron from blowing up or falling, it is only passed through the top apron not both, a torn kilt could be the result of pinning the two aprons.
Kilt pins are commonly made from metals such as silver, bronze and pewter, the most common kilt pin is the clan crested pin, it will have you clans symbol and motto embossed into it. More elaborate pins will have accompanying gemstones to accentuate the kilts colorings.
