Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022
Lot 254
A Regimental silver menu card holder
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £120
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Description
A Regimental silver menu card holder, The East Surrey Regiment (5th Bn),
by Hamilton and Co, Calcutta,
modelled as the regiment badge, on a weighted rectangular base, length 6cm, plus a Regimental silver menu card holder, The South Staffordshire Regiment, by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1922, modelled as the regiment badge, on a weighted rectangular base, inscribed ''D' Co.Pettigo 1922, Presented by Lieut E.W.B. Harte, R.E', length 7.2cm. (2)
The 5th Bn, the East Surrey Regiment embarked for India in 1914.
The 2nd Bn of the South Staffordshire Regiment was deployed to Ireland in 1920. The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in 1921, and as a result the British Regiments stationed in Ireland had to move to Northern Ireland. D Company moved to the small village of Pettigo.