Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022
Lot 283
A Regimental silver menu card holder
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £180
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Description
A Regimental silver menu card holder, the 12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers,
by Horace Woodward and Co., Birmingham 1911,
modelled as the regimental badge, on an octagonal base, plus an unmarked Regimental menu card holder, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, approx. weighable 0.7oz. (2)
In 1960 the 12th Lancers merged with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers to form the 9/12 Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's).
In 1881 the 47th (Lancashire) and the 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) amalgamated to form the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. In 1920 the regiment became the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).