Lot 188: Sold for £270 hammer
An Antiques & Collectables Auction to include a large single owner collection of military drums,
Thursday 27th August 2026
A 1st Battalion The Green Howards, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment; the painted mahogany shell bearing a royal coat of arms with the royal motto "Dieu et mon droit" and the military motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense", also depicting white Yorkshire Roses, adorned with battle/campaign honours for Malplaquet, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Tirah, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa (1899-1902), Ypres (1914, 15, 17), Loos, The Somme (1916, 18), Arras (1917-18), Messines (1917-18), Valenciennes, Sambre, France & Flanders (1914-18), Vittorio Veneto, Aghanistan (1919) and Suvla, calfskin drumheads and rope tension system, makers mark for Henry Potter & Co., London, paintwork signed K. Nicholls, 45cm diameter 37cm tall.
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