Lot 189: Sold for £250 hammer
An Antiques & Collectables Auction to include a large single owner collection of military drums, Thursday 27th August 2026

A Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders marching bass drum; the painted mahogany shell bearing the royal motto "Dieu et mon droit" and the military motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense", adorned with battle/campaign honours for Egmont op Zee, Corunna, Egypt, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo, Alma, Sevastopol, Lucknow, Tel el Kebir, Egypt (1882), Nile (1884-89), Khartum, South Africa (1900-02), Atbara, Marne (1914-18), Aisne (1914), Ypres (1914-18), Somme (1916-18), Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Delville Wood, Arras (1917-18), Sambre, Macedonia (1915-18), calfskin drumhead with rope tension system, makers mark for R.J. Ward & Sons, Liverpool, 72cm diameter, 39cm tall.

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