Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022
Lot 251
A late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holder
Estimate £100 - £150
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Description
A late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holder, The East Yorkshire Regiment,
no apparent maker's mark, London 1885,
modelled as the regimental badge, on a wooden base, length 8.6cm, plus a Regimental electroplated menu card holder, The Royal Army Medical Corps, (RAMC), on a circular base, height 4.8cm. (2)
In 1881, the 15th (York East Riding) Regiment of Foot became the East Yorkshire Regiment. After various amalgamations it is now part of the Yorkshire Regiment.
In 1898 the RAMC was formed from the Medical Staff Corps and the Medical Staff.