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Sterling silver salver with military Insignia crest / armorial presentation from the 4th BN WILTSHIRE REGIMENT to BREVET-COLONEL The Hon. G S HERBERT TD. Made London, England, 1924. Presented 1928.
23 autographed engraved signatures. <br>
Measures 10 1/8 inches accross. Weighs 420g / 14.9oz. <br>
Stands on 3 hoof shaped feet. Deeply scalloped and curving crisp edge, stepped towards the center. The center with engraved Regimental crest / armorial: a crown above a Maltese cross with a circle and regimental initials (see below) in the center above a banner that reads: 4th BN WILTSHIRE REGIMENT. Below that is further engraved:
PRESENTED TO Brevet-Colonel The Hon. G S Herbert. TD. 15th Dec. 1928. <br>
There is a ring of engraved signatures - each one is clearly the personal signature of the person and not just his name - around the presentation.
HALLMARKS: The salver is fully hallmarked for London, 1924. Maker DF, lion for sterling silver standard; leopard head for London and date letter i. <br>
Condition is good with a very shallow graze about a centimeter from the insignia, which can be buffed out quite easilly. <P><P><P>
From Google: The WILTSHIRE INSIGNIA: In the early nineteenth century, the 62d (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot was authorised, along with eleven other regiments, to adopt the design of the Maltese Cross for its Shako plate with its eight points symbolizing the eight beatitudes of St Matthew’s Gospel. Although its use was later discontinued by most other regiments, the Wiltshire Regiment continued to use it, probably because of the Regiment’s long association with Malta and Sicily between 1800 and 1813. In 1828, however, when regimental badges became official, the 62nd decided not to introduce a new design but maintain the use of the original.<P><P>
In 1881 a new badge was introduced, in the shape of a Cross Pattée, as a result of the Cardwell reforms and the amalgamation of the 62nd with the 99th (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Regiment, previously the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot. This badge, with its cypher and coronet of the Duke of Edinburgh (a son of Queen Victoria), was to remain the Regiment’s badge until 1959, with exception that in 1953, the cypher of the present Duke of Edinburgh replaced the original. |
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