Lot 185: Sold for £320 hammer
An Antiques & Collectables Auction to include a large single owner collection of military drums, Thursday 27th August 2026

A 1st Battalion Scots Guards marching snare drum; the painted birch shell bearing the royal motto "Dieu et mon droit" the military motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense", and the regimental motto "En ferus hostis", adorned with battle/campaign honours for Namur (1695), Dettingen, Lincelles, Talavera, Barrosa, Fuentes D'onor, Salamanca, Nive, Peninsula, Waterloo, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt (1882), Suakin (1885), Modder River, South Africa (1899-1902), Retreat from Mons, Marne (1914), Aisne (1914), Ypres (1914-17), Festubert (1915), Loos, Somme (1916-18), Cambrai (1917-18), Hindenburg Line, France & Flanders (1916-18), Quarry Hill, Rhineland, New Europe (1944-45), Gazala, Medenine, Djebel Bou Aoukaz (1943), North Africa (1941-43), Monte Camino, Anzio, Italy (1943-45), Falkland Islands (1982), The Gulf (1991), produced by Premier Drums, paintwork signed K. Nicholls, 39cm diameter, 37cm tall, offered together with a white leather strap.