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Lot 253

A Regimental silver menu card holder

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £180

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Description

A Regimental silver menu card holder, Royal Irish Rifles,

by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1924,

modelled as the regimental badge, on a rectangular base, length 5.2cm, plus a Regimental silver menu card holder, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), marked Sterling Silver, modelled as the regimental badge above '8', height 5.7cm, approx. weighable 1.7oz. (2),

Although titled 'Irish' Rifles, with Irish independence in 1922, the Regiment had become The Royal 'Ulster' Rifles.