1899 Victorian Essex Volunteer Artillery Stamped Bugle.
Code: 22550
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1899 Victorian Essex Volunteer Artillery Stamped Bugle.
A rare Victorian regulation pattern copper and brass bugle made by Pottor & Co of London.
Also stamped:
1898
ESSEX. HAR
V.A
6.99
This indicating the 2nd Company of the 1st Essex Volunteer Company which was HQ at Harwich (HAR)
The bugle retains the mouth piece, overall GC.
When the City Imperial Volunteers were raised to serve in the Second Boer War, some 240 members of the 1st Essex VA volunteered, of whom 14 non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and gunners were selected.
