Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 14th December 2021

Lot 291

2nd Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment: a presentation snare drum

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £700

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Description

2nd Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment: a presentation snare drum, silver plated body painted over one half with regimental title, badges and battle honours down to the First World War; reverse inscribed "Presented by the County to the Regiment after the Great War at Dorchester May 6th 1920": painted wooden flesh hoops, by Boosey & Co. with heraldry by Henry Potter & Co., height 14.25 in (36 cm), diameter 15 in. (38 cm).