Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022
Lot 261
A Regimental silver menu card holder
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £200
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Description
A Regimental silver menu card holder, The Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster),
by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1926,
modelled as a standing lion above 'The Kings's Own', on a weighted rectangular base, length 7.8cm.
In 1881 the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot became the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment and in 1921, it was redesignated the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). In 1959 the regiment amalgamated with the Border regiment to form the King's Own Royal Border Regiment.