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LOT 2005
North Irish Horse Regiment Brass Trumpet
STAMPED 1888 A.D.
17 in. (648 grams, 43 cm).
Stamped 'W D 50 HENRY POTTER & CO 30. CHARING CROSS LONDON C&M 1888'; scratched graffiti near the mouth reading 'N.Irish Horse'; decorative fabric cord.
ProvenanceAcquired from The Antiques Storehouse, UK, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the invoice and other information.
Produced for the North Irish Horse (60th Imperial Yeomanry) regiment and was presented to a Colonel at some stage in its history. The NIH is a yeomanry unit of the British Territorial Army raised in the northern counties of Ireland in the aftermath of the Second Boer War.
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