A 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards marching bass drum; the painted mahogany shell bearing a royal coat of arms with the royal motto "Dieu et mon droit" and the regimental motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense", adorned with battle/campaign honours for Blenheim, Ramilles, Corunna, Dettingen, Malplaquet, Lincelles, Alma, Oudenarde, Barossa, Inkerman, Peninsula, Egypt, Waterloo, Sevastopol, Suakin (1885), Tel-el-Kebir, calfskin drumhead with rope tension system, makers mark for Henry Potter & Co., London, also stamped B. Cummings, London, 77cm diameter, 35cm tall, offered together with a pair of Chalklin mallets.

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