11th Oct, 2023 10:00
For Service | Medals & Militaria
ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDER'S DRESS SPORRAN
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the brass cantle over a badger's head and six tassels suspended from brass mounts embossed with thistles, the oxblood leather back with single pocket, alongside an early 20th century photograph of an A&SH officer, a pair of spurs, extracts from the service record of Lt. Col. J.S. Smith M.C. R.E., and further extracts, also a WWI period map of Galipoli (Sheet 2)
Note: The photograph is Captain Graham Skelton-Smith, the second generation to wear the dress sporran and the second to serve in the A&S Highlanders. Lt. Col. James S. Smith was his father who served first in the A.&S.H. and also in the Royal Engineers. The map and written documents are related to his time in the R.E. during the Gallipoli campaign.
the cantle 14.5cm wide
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Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400
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