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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| West African fur cap and gourd charm, 1873 (c). Acquired by a soldier of the 15th Yorkshire East Riding Regiment during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-1874). Made of fur of greater cane rat, otherwise known as a Grasscutter the cap was worn by warriors, rather than executioners. | Equipment, general | 1960-02-47 |
| Bass drum, 1920 (c); wood; used by the 2nd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment; front painted blue and bears decoration including royal arms, regimental name and below this on scrolls, battle honours; inside a paper label bears the maker's name Hawkes and Son, London; all furnishings missing. | Musical Instruments | 1959-10-116 |
| Duty trumpet, 1914 (c); brass; used by the 27th Punjabis; double loop pipe with brass mouthpiece, now missing; red, yellow and blue wool cords. | Musical Instruments | 1959-09-189 |
| Trumpet, 1918 (c); brass; acquired by the 27th Punjabis in Baghdad during World War One; single loop pipe with internal missing suspension rings, mouthpiece and chain; reinforced bell edge; upper bell surface bears plain oval cartouche impressed with Turkish arms. | Musical Instruments | 1959-09-188 |
| Tenor drum, wood, 1905-1910; used by the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. The decoration includes Royal Arms surmounted by a crowned harp and Edward VII's cypher, the regiment's name, motto and battle honours. Manufactured by Henry Potter and Company, London. | Musical Instruments | 1959-08-5 |
| Presentation Bugle, silver, 1901; presented to the 4th Battalion, Manchester Regiment by Lt. Col L L Steele, 1 April 1901; impressed on back and on mouthpiece with maker's name: George Potter and Co, Aldershot; myrtle green worsted cords with tassels. | Musical Instruments | 1959-07-180 |
| Musical box, 1911; with frontal decoration and inscribed with commemoration inscription on brass plaque; found in the Marie Louise Hospital, Aldershot. | Musical Instruments | 1959-07-176 |
| Fife case, 1810 (c); brass; used by the Sicilian Regiment; oval in section with hinged lid and spring clip fastener; two tassel rings on either side; edge reinforcements on top, bottom and lid; front centre engraved with regimental arms and name. | Musical Instruments | 1959-07-149 |
| Presentation Herald trumpet, 1937; silver plated, single loop tube, brazed in four sections with brass binding and tonal shank to mouthpiece, impressed with maker's initials; single brass triple knop at base of bell flare; reinforced bell edge; upper surface of bell engraved with regimental cypher, motto, presentation inscription and maker's name, Boosey and Hawkes Limited, London; red, yellow and blue silk cords with tassels. | Musical Instruments | 1958-10-24 |
| Side drum, 1917 (c); brass; taken from Turkish Forces by Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil de la Rue Mears; front with relief bronze crescent surmounted by impressed Turkish inscription; flesh hoops and drum heads whole; brass cord hoops with sox brass rod brackets; two snares in twine. | Musical Instruments | 1958-06-24 |
| Drum major's staff, 1910-1914; used by the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians); bronze crown finial on plain dome with bronze meridian bearing battle honours; trumpet shaped copper head decorated with Prince of Wales plumes and motto, regimental name and George V cypher; socket with elongated plain brass shaft; polished light brown cane with brass ferrule; bronze chain run from a brass collar, crossing seven times, to the ferrule. | Musical Instruments | 1958-05-20 |
| Bass drum, 1905-1914; wood; used by the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment; front painted blue/ black with red borders, decorated in centre with royal arms, regimental name, motto and battle honours, and on edge maker's name, George Potter and Co, Aldershot is painted in red; flesh hoops broken and twisted, drum heads torn on hoop fractures; thirteen cord holes with brass cord slides; three ball legs on each hoop; brass ring pick up. | Musical Instruments | 1957-04-19 |
| Case patent concertina boxed in oak carrying case, 1855 (c); owned by Surgeon James Fairweather of the 4th Regiment of Punjab Irregular Force; and carried by him throughout the Indian Mutiny; hexagonal with fretwork sound apertures around cental circle; 24 keys on lower end and 25 keys on upper end; four green tape bound paper expansion sections in air pump; leather thumb straps and leather bound brass finger holds on each end; label printed with maker's name, Boosey and Sons, London, visible through fretwork panel. | Musical Instruments | 1957-03-32 |
| Half a tenor drum, 1902-1922; wood; used by the 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) and given to Maj Thomas Burton Newenham Deane on disbandment in 1922; painted blue/ black with royal arms in centre below Queen Victoria cypher and regimental name, on either side are scrolls with battle honours, Prince of Wales's Plumes and motto, maker's name, George Potter, Aldershot, is painted in red; flesh hoops and drum heads cut as shell; five cord holes with brass cord slides; two square section legs on upper hoop; white blancoed cords; straight plaited drag rope. | Musical Instruments | 1957-03-13 |
| Collection of relics associated with the British Army 1914-1960 (c); pane of stained glass window from Ypres Cathedral, collected by Lt Col J M Rogers Tillstone, 1914; two pulley wheels, 1914 (c); fragment of wood from a Handley Page Aeroplane, 1918; 50 papers badges from various regiments, 1920-60 (c); two woollen dolls, one made by a soldier of the Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c); steel mess tin handle, 1916 (c); two boot hooks, 1945 (c); three charitable flag-day token flags, 1918 (c); copper charitable flag-day badge, 1918; aluminium washer, 1918; copper halfpenny coin, 1918 (c); white metal model tank, 1919 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Ceramics | 1963-07-36 |
| Collection of relics associated with the British Army 1914-1960 (c); pane of stained glass window from Ypres Cathedral, collected by Lt Col J M Rogers Tillstone, 1914; two pulley wheels, 1914 (c); fragment of wood from a Handley Page Aeroplane, 1918; 50 papers badges from various regiments, 1920-60 (c); two woollen dolls, one made by a soldier of the Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c); steel mess tin handle, 1916 (c); two boot hooks, 1945 (c); three charitable flag-day token flags, 1918 (c); copper charitable flag-day badge, 1918; aluminium washer, 1918; copper halfpenny coin, 1918 (c); white metal model tank, 1919 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1963-07-36 |
| Collection of relics associated with the British Army 1914-1960 (c); pane of stained glass window from Ypres Cathedral, collected by Lt Col J M Rogers Tillstone, 1914; two pulley wheels, 1914 (c); fragment of wood from a Handley Page Aeroplane, 1918; 50 papers badges from various regiments, 1920-60 (c); two woollen dolls, one made by a soldier of the Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c); steel mess tin handle, 1916 (c); two boot hooks, 1945 (c); three charitable flag-day token flags, 1918 (c); copper charitable flag-day badge, 1918; aluminium washer, 1918; copper halfpenny coin, 1918 (c); white metal model tank, 1919 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Vehicles | 1963-07-36 |
| Collection of relics associated with the British Army 1914-1960 (c); pane of stained glass window from Ypres Cathedral, collected by Lt Col J M Rogers Tillstone, 1914; two pulley wheels, 1914 (c); fragment of wood from a Handley Page Aeroplane, 1918; 50 papers badges from various regiments, 1920-60 (c); two woollen dolls, one made by a soldier of the Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c); steel mess tin handle, 1916 (c); two boot hooks, 1945 (c); three charitable flag-day token flags, 1918 (c); copper charitable flag-day badge, 1918; aluminium washer, 1918; copper halfpenny coin, 1918 (c); white metal model tank, 1919 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Models | 1963-07-36 |
| Side drum, 1898; brass, repainted 1905 (c); used by the 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians); front painted blue with Prince of Wales's Plumes in centre and crowned oval garter bearing the regimental name, the whole above scrolls bearing battle honours, to the right on a label is painter's name, Boosey and Co, London, and impressed in metal is maker's name, Henry Potter and co, London; flesh hoops and drum heads whole; nine cord holes; white blancoed cords; straight plaited drag rope; three ball feet on upper hoop. | Musical Instruments | 1957-02-58 |
| Side drum, 1911-1914; aluminium; used by the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment; front painted blue with royal arms in centre below George V cypher and regimental name, the whole on a trophy of union flags below a white sphinx inscribed with battle honours, to the left and right are further battle honours, a motto and maker's name, George Potter and Co, Aldershot; twisted flesh hoops, drum heads whole; eight cord holes with brass cord slides; white blancoed cord; straight plaited drag rope; three square section legs on upper hoop; three twisted cord snares. | Musical Instruments | 1956-11-21 |
| Drum major's staff, 1902 (c); used by the Royal Irish Regiment; crown finial on plain dome with meridian band bearing thirteen white metal scrolls inscribed with battle honours; trumpet shaped bronze head bears white metal crown superscribed in relief on bronze scroll with regimental name and Queen Victoria cypher; Corinthian column staff socket; polished cane with copper ferrule; bronze chain runs from bronze collar, crossing four times, to ferrule. | Musical Instruments | 1956-10-7 |
| Irish bagpipes, 1910 (c); used by the 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians); leather bag with green woollen cover and green silk fringes; oak chantler (replacement) with eight finger holes and ivory finial, bound with white metal ring to engine turned socket; broken mouthpiece and stem; bass drone in three sections bound with white metal with ivory finial, tenor drone, third is missing, joined with green worsted cords and tassels and blue ribbon with green stripes. | Musical Instruments | 1956-07-7 |
| Side drum, 1911-1914; aluminium; used by the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment; front painted blue with royal arms in centre below George V cypher and regimental name, the whole on a trophy of union flags above a white sphinx inscribed with battle honours, to the left and right are further battle honours, motto and maker's name, George Potter and Company, Aldershot; twisted flesh hoops, drum heads whole; eight cord holes with brass cord slides; white blancoed cord; straight and plaited drag rope; three ball legs on upper hoop; eight snares. | Musical Instruments | 1956-03-57 |
| Presentation Herald trumpet, 1936 (c); silver; 9th Royal Deccan Horse; plain, single loop tube brazed in three sections, with steel mouthpiece chain and single balustered reeded knop on base of bell flare; reinforced bell, inscribed on upper surface with presentation inscription below the regimental cypher within a crowned garter inscribed with a motto and regimental name, and maker's name, Henry Potter and Company, London, is impressed to the right; green worsted cords with tassels. | Musical Instruments | 1956-02-872 |
| Turkish crescent, or jingling johnny, 1812 (c). Brass, vertical iron rod with bells spheres and crescents attached; Napoleonic eagle finial on dome attached to twisted tube.This musical instrument was taken by the 88th (Connaught Rangers) at the Battle of Salamanca.Associated with the Battle of Salamanca, Peninsular War (1808-1814), 1812. | Musical Instruments | 1956-02-868 |
| Presentation bugle, 1911 (c); silver; used by the 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians); double loop tube with mouthpiece chain; reinforced bell inscribed on upper surface with presentation inscription below Prince of Wales's Plume and motto within a crowned roundel inscribed with the regimental name, and below with battle honours, and to the right impressed with maker's name, Henry Potter and Co, London; myrtle green worsted cords with tassels. | Musical Instruments | 1956-02-792 |
| Drum major's staff, 1911 (c); used by the Connaught Rangers; bronze imperial crown finial on white metal dome bearing scrolls inscribed in relief with battle honours; trumpet shaped gilt steel head bearing George V cypher; Corinthian column staff socket; polished cane with brass ferrule; brass chains run from a copper collar, crossing six times to socket ring at ferrule. | Musical Instruments | 1956-02-742 |
| Bell, 1910; silver, possibly native Indian; used by the 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers; front bears cast applied '61' below a crossed shovel and pick axe, the whole above a scroll inscribed in relief with regimental name, the back is inscribed with presentation inscription; handle is a relief depiction of the Prince of Wales's Plumes Coronet, with motto; spherical clapper suspended by two double links from central internal suspension ring. | Silver | 1956-02-700 |
| Hunting horn, 1896-1915; copper; used by the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers during World War One; straight tube, flaring out towards bell with silver binding, inscribed on upper surface with owners name, Lieutenant Colonel Tonson-Rye and battle honours; mouthpiece bound with silver and hallmarked London; this horn is believed to have been used to rally the battalion when it became dispersed during the Battle of Le Catelet, 4 Oct 1918. | Musical Instruments | 1956-02-684 |
| Hand held glockenspiel, 1874; used by the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers); brass, lyre shaped instrument with two curved flattened side braces in brass; two brass plume sockets hang from the upper scrolls, with horse hair plume hanging from right socket; two metal bars run up the centre to support thirteen dulcimer bars; turned wooden handle with white metal plaque inscribed with presentation inscription and below with maker's name, H Aggio and Son, Colchester. | Musical Instruments | 1956-02-397 |
| Drum major's staff, 1914 (c); used by the Royal Irish Regiment; stamped brass cross pattee finial; gold painted, pear shaped wooden head bears three Irish harps in relief with shamrock sprays in between; staff socket bears shamrock sprays in relief; dark stained wood cane with small brass ferrule; chains missing. | Musical Instruments | 1955-11-7 |
| Baton, 1866; presented to Bandmaster M Quinn of the 2nd Battalion 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot; silver plated head with bands of engraved double swags round dome and staff socket; plain ebonised cane tapering to ferrule which is decorated as head; silver collar in middle of cane is inscribed with presentation inscription. | Musical Instruments | 1955-11-4 |
| Baton, 1870; presented to Bandmaster Michael Quinn of the 2nd Battalion 18th (Royal Irish Regiment of Foot by the New Zealand Auckland Choral Society; silver plated head inset with a polished white stone with yellow metallic flecks, possibly gold ore; central and terminal bands with oblique floral bands in relief; floral patterned staff socket; brown wooden cane tapering to silver plated ferrule, decorated as head; silver plated collar below head is inscribed with presentation inscription; wood between collar and head is engraved with acanthus leaves. | Musical Instruments | 1955-11-4 |
| Burmese Temple horn, 1885; reputedly taken from Burma during the 3rd Burma War; silver, brass and nautilus shell construction with cylindrical body; brass sphere finial with turquoise stone set in beaded silver mount on end and silver suspension ring behind; four knops form mouthpiece; a nautilus shell, carved with spirals and floral decoration connects the mouthpiece to the stem; large round backed brass flange is attached to the underside to provide resonance. | Musical Instruments | 1955-04-59 |
| Drum major's staff, 1911 (c); used by the Royal Munster Fusiliers; brass crown finial on plain white metal dome with meridian bearing 23 white metal scrolls inscribed in relief with battle honours; trumpet shaped copper head bearing flaming grenade with regimental arms in centre, above is regimental name and on the reverse is George V cypher; Corinthian column staff socket; brass chains run from a brass collar, crossing four times around cane, to socket rings at the ferrule. | Musical Instruments | 1954-11-7 |
| Drum major's staff, 1846 (c); presented to the 1st Bengal European Light Infantry; group statuette finial of two officers, one sitting, one standing, on a textured circular base; wooden 'champagne bottle' head, draped with 'fabric' swags inscribed with battle honours; four chains hang on front, attached to point of shield which bears a presentation inscription; silver band staff socket inscribed with regimental name; polished brown cane with silver ferrule and iron cap; gilt and maroon cords with four bullion tassels running from a silver collar, crossing five times, to join two rings at the ferrule. | Musical Instruments | 1954-11-6 |
| Side drum, 1903; brass; captured by the Royal Munster Fusiliers from a German Infantry Regiment; plain with '115 R III B 1903 10 C III' impressed into the metal to the left; the front bears a metal plaque inscribed with regimental name and commemoration; shell also bears a motto; flesh hoops and drum heads whole; copper cord hoops with five iron tensioning screws; demi lune snare beds on lower cord hoop; broad wire carrying handle; three hole iron pick up on upper hoop and wing nut threaded hook. | Musical Instruments | 1953-06-57 |
| Bell, 1903 (c); brass with silver-plated handle, no details, nd; handle in the form of a soldier at ease, front inscribed with presentation inscription; presented by Major W E Banbury to the 78th Moplah Rifles. | Silver | 1953-05-109 |
| Three items acquired in Afghanistan by Lt Henry Hay, 1st Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers), during the 2nd Afghan War: Leather ammunition belt, with powder charger, powder flask, leather horn and adornments, 1880 (c); two copper stirrups. | Equipment, general | 1963-07-72 |
| Three items acquired in Afghanistan by Lt Henry Hay, 1st Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers), during the 2nd Afghan War: Leather ammunition belt, with powder charger, powder flask, leather horn and adornments, 1880 (c); two copper stirrups. | Horse Furniture | 1963-07-72 |
| Tibetan horn, 1903 (c); brass; used by the Indian Civil Service; in three sections, telescoping into each other; cylindrical bell section with reinforced bell edge; middle section tapers to a narrow opening, bound with brass, with three strengthening ridges along its length; narrow end holds a brass binding ring with a sheet metal open work of socket trefoils. | Musical Instruments | 1953-04-22 |
| Tibetan drum, 1903 (c); used by Lamaist priests in Tantric ritual and taken by the Indian Civil Service; associated with Tibet (1903-1904). [PARTIALLY CLOSED] | Musical Instruments | 1953-04-21 |
| Side drum, 1881 (c); brass; used by the 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians); painted black; front bears Prince of Wales's Plumes Coronet and motto, regimental name and battle honours, and to the right is the renovators name, Boosey and Co, London; flesh hoops and drum heads hole; nine rope holes; white blancoed cords; plaited and unplaited drag rope; three iron ball legs on upper hoop; four hemp snares. | Musical Instruments | 1953-04-19 |
| Walking stick, 1874 (c); wooden, roughly worked and highly polished; with a flattened spherical head, carved in a double spiral around the top; owned by Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus, and taken from him after the Zulu War, 1879. | Equipment, general | 1963-08-1 |
| Side drum, 1906; brass, repainted 1911 (c); used by the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers; front painted blue/ black, bearing royal arms in centre below George V cypher and regimental name, the whole on a trophy of union flags below a flaming grenade which bears the arms of Dublin, battle honours and a motto, with battle honours on either side; maker's name, Henry Potter, London is impressed in metal to the right of the battle honours; flesh hoops and upper drum head whole, lower head torn; nine cord holes; white blancoed cords; plaited drag rope; three ball legs on upper hoop; five snares. | Musical Instruments | 1953-01-14 |
| Ration biscuit, 1900; square, perforated with 30 holes, plain on one side and split in two; contained in an envelope inscribed, 'Biscuit out of Paardeberg - Cronje's Laagar 1900'. | Equipment, general | 1963-08-60 |
| Drum major's staff, 1900 (c); used by the Royal Dublin Fusiliers; silver plated four towered castle finial on stippled disc with with repousse decoration of ivy branches and leaves; trumpet shaped head; staff socket decorated with floral pattern and impressed with maker's name, Hawkes and Son, London; brown malacca cane with steel capped silver plated ferrule; silver plated chains run from a thin beaded collar, crossing six times, and join the ferrule. | Musical Instruments | 1953-01-12 |
| Roth-Steyr 8 mm self-loading service pistol M07 1910, Austrian Cavalry. | Firearms | 1992-06-73 |
| War game, 'Das Belagerungspiel Le Jeu de siege' 1810 (c); board in four parts, hinged with red cloth to fold together, when open the board bears a network of lines which cross vertically, horizontally and diagonally; each corner carries a coloured print; 27 wooden pieces; case is formed from two pieces of cardboard fixed together with red tape, one side of the case is inscribed, 'R.WACKER.' and the other a carries a printed label depicting, in colour, troops besieging a town, with the title 'Das Belagerungspiel Le Jeu de siege'. | Equipment, general | 1963-08-72 |
| Side drum, 1920 (c); brass; used by Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Frontier Force; front painted French grey bearing Queen Victoria cypher in centre within a crowned garter inscribed with a motto, above is inscribed the regimental name and on either side are battle honours, to the right the maker's name is impressed in metal, Besson and Co, London; flesh hoops and drum heads whole; wooden cord hoops with six tension rod brackets; eight snares. | Musical Instruments | 1952-07-52 |
| Cornet, 1899 (c); silver plated; presumed to have been used by the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Boer War; multiple loop pipe with brass mouthpiece; three valves with missing finger pieces; reinforced bell edge, upper surface impressed with maker's name, Hawkes and Son, London; the coronet hangs on a rectangular wooden, ebonised mount which bears a silver plaque inscribed with presentation inscription. | Musical Instruments | 1952-06-9-1 |
| Side drum, 1850 (c); brass; used by the 1st Madras European Fusiliers; no design; drum heads and flesh hoops whole, probably replacements; wooden cord hoops with eight hook cord slides, one missing on upper hoop; brass plaque on upper hoop inscribed with commemoration inscription; lower hoop holds four tension brackets and four pulley brackets; white blancoed tension rope; four snares. | Musical Instruments | 1952-04-145 |
| Two items associated with the 3rd Ashanti War: cushion cover, 1895 (c), in dark brown leather with a canvas top decorated with dog-toothing and a horned lozenge design; West African woven grass bowl, 1895 (c), made from a twisted grass cord woven into a spiral, brown and yellow ochre in colour. | Crafts | 1963-08-172 |
| West African ammunition belt, 1895 (c); made from leather and in three sections, joined by a wooden carved rattle; each section consists of a row of four white hide cylinders; inside each cylinder is a wooden powder charge box; one end bears a bullet box; reputedly taken from an Ashanti soldier in West Africa during the 3rd Ashanti War. | Equipment, general | 1963-08-172 |
| Side drum, 1911; brass; used by the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers; front painted blue/ black bearing royal arms in centre below George V cypher and regimental name, the whole on a trophy of union flags above a scroll bearing a motto, either side are battle honours, and to the right the maker's name, Henry Potter and Company, London, is impressed in metal; flesh hoops and drum heads whole; nine cord holes; white blancoed cord; straight, plaited drag rope; three ball legs on upper hoop; six snares. | Musical Instruments | 1952-03-11 |
| Drum major's staff, 1910 (c); used by the Royal Dublin Fusiliers; silver four towered castle finial with lion on top and tigers and elephants surrounding, impressed with maker's mark 'C & Co', possibly Carrington and Company, rests on a gadrooned disc; staff socket decorated with acanthus leaves with beaded upper edge; polished cane with steel capped silver ferrule; white metal chains attached to locking socket rings to silver sleeve on staff bearing a scroll inscribed with battle honours. | Musical Instruments | 1952-03-10 |
| Fragment of brick from the Residency of Lucknow, 1857 (c); taken after the siege during the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1859; lay brick, reddish grey in colour, with burnt pieces. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-70 |
| Souvenir case, 1914; made of drab canvas, divided internally into two sections by a cardboard divider; a flap over the top fastens with a press stud fastening; printed in red ink, 'M [crowned] CHRISTMAS FUND 1914'; sold in aid of the charity which raised money to provide tobacco boxes to troops during World War One. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-201 |
| Side drum, 1871; brass; used by the 94th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Bronkhurstspruit; no painting; metal impressed with maker's name Henry Potter, London, date and serial number; four cord tensioners and four pulleys on upper hoop; eight plain wheel runner pulleys on lower hoop; white blancoed cord; eight snares. | Musical Instruments | 1951-12-85 |
| Bass drum hoop, 1880 (c); used by the 94th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Bronkhurstspruit; thirteen rope holes; painted blue outside with red edge and white worm and white inside with red edge and blue worm; three ball feet. | Musical Instruments | 1951-12-85 |
| Skeleton of the horse Marengo; in a glass case; Marengo was an Arab horse with a light grey coat, standing just over fourteen hands high; he was purchased by Napoleon after the battle of Abourkir in 1799 and after the Emperor's defeat passed into the ownership of Lord Petre who then sold him to Lt Gen J J W Angerstein, Grenadier Guards; the horse died in 1831. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-89 |
| Leather music card pouch with 38 music cards; associated with L/Cpl Francis Dennis, 94th Regiment of Foot, Transvaal War (1880-1881); retrieved by the Boers from the battlefield of Bronkhorst Spruit (1880). | Musical Instruments | 1951-12-84-1 |
| Leather music card pouch with 38 music cards; associated with L/Cpl Francis Dennis, 94th Regiment of Foot, Transvaal War (1880-1881); retrieved by the Boers from the battlefield of Bronkhorst Spruit (1880). | Equipment, general | 1951-12-84-1 |
| Bronze bell taken by the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot at the Capture of Schwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, during the 2nd Burma War, 1852. The bell is surmounted by a circular baluster which holds two Burmese dragons standing back to back.(Associated with the 2nd Burma War, 1852-1853). | Musical Instruments | 1951-12-45 |
| Presentation bugle, 1919; silver plated; won by the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers; double loop tube with steel mouthpiece chain; reinforced bell edge, upper surface inscribed with regimental name and inscription. | Musical Instruments | 1951-12-40 |
| Bell, brass; taken by members of A and B Companies, the 94th Regiment of Foot from Iwawasa(?), Zululand, August 1879; front bears brass plaque with worn regimental cypher and inscription; iron threaded hole in top and iron loop inside for clapper. | Musical Instruments | 1951-12-36 |
| Uniforms of the Territorial Army. Set of 50 colour photolithograph cigarette cards published by John Player and Sons, 1939 (c); each depicting a single figure in the uniform of the Territorial Army from 1537-1939, with a brief history of the unit verso; tipped into an unassociated W H Wills and Co album. | Prints | 1999-05-38 |
| A PUNJABI SOLDIER and A SERGEANT OF SIKHS, 1915 from FROM FRANCE TO 'NEW FIELDS OF ACTION', 1915. Blue-grey tinted photolithographs of pencil sketches; two vignettes entitled, 'A PUNJABI SOLDIER' and 'A SERGEANT OF SIKHS'; each is a head and shoulders study of two Indian soldiers in 1915; accompanying text reports a speech delivered to the Indian Army Corps by the Prince of Wales, 25 Nov 1915; published in Part 74, p34 of the magazine 'The Illustrated War News', 5 Jan 1916. | Prints | 1999-05-39 |
| A TYPICAL SIKH VETERAN and A SIKH SOLDIER, 1915 from FROM FRANCE TO 'NEW FIELDS OF ACTION', 1915. Blue-grey tinted photolithographs of pencil sketches; two vignettes entitled, 'A PUNJABI SOLDIER' and 'A SERGEANT OF SIKHS'; each is a head and shoulders study of two Indian soldiers in 1915; accompanying text reports a speech delivered to the Indian Army Corps by the Prince of Wales, 25 Nov 1915; published in Part 74, p35 of the magazine 'The Illustrated War News', 5 Jan 1916. | Prints | 1999-05-40 |
| Lead plaque, 1940 (c); taken from the wreck of a Savoia Marchetti SM79 aircraft, made in Italy 1940 (c); oblong with bevelled edges and impressed inscription: 'AVIAZONE DELLA CIRENAICA/ 156'; aircraft was destroyed by the Long Range Desert Group at Jebel Uweinat and removed from the wreck by a member of the RAF Desert Rescue Team based at El Adem in 1969. | Crafts | 1999-05-41 |
| Canvas camp bucket and a canvas mattress or sleeping bag cover, 1946 (c); belonged to Maj W R G de W Warren, Border Regiment. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-157 |
| Items worn at the coronation of George VI, 1937: wooden baton, painted scarlet with gold ends and inscribed in black outlined gold characters with the cypher 'G VI R' above the inscription 'CORONATION 1937'; brassard, in white felt backed with silk, embroidered in a red, blue and yellow device and a crown within a circle with extensions on either side. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-205 |
| Glove and handkerchief, 1815 (c). Blood stained glove and handkerchief of Capt Thomas Wildman, 7th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons (Hussars), one of Lt Gen Henry Paget. Earl of Uxbridge's aides. Wildman was present at the operation to amputate Uxbridge's leg, following his wounding at the Battle of Waterloo. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-210 |
| Knapsack, 1795 (c); canvas with two buff straps on the back, joined by another strap with a gilt metal buckle; with a pocket on the inside and a front flap fastened by three buff straps and buckles; painted brown with a badge on the front flap; this includes the cypher of George III and the name of the 10th Regiment North British Militia. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-224 |
| Lamp, 1939-1945 (c); battery powered and made by J L Limited; used during World War Two (1939-1945). | Equipment, general | 1999-05-42 |
| Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) token, 1939-1945 (c); worth a half Franc. | Equipment, general | 1999-05-43 |
| SA80 cleaning kit, 1999 (c); webbing case contains: one pull through; one bronze bore-cleaning brush; one bronze chamber brush (for the barrel); three piece cleaning rod, for attaching brushes; combination tool; muzzle cap or protector; nylon cleaning brush; used by C/Sgt Jim Slater, Scots Guards. | Equipment, general | 1999-05-44 |
| Two leg bones of Sir John Fraser; tibia and fibula from lower right leg; lost during the Defence of Gibraltar, 1780-1782. | Equipment, general | 1999-05-45 |
| Tea ration tin, 1939-1945 (c); issued to German prisoners of war; the lid is printed with the contents which were tea, sugar and soluble milk powder, the tin is now empty; instructions for use are also given. | Equipment, general | 1999-05-46 |
| Three khaki bandages, July 1945; open wove compressed and individually wrapped in paper; made by Alex Carus and Sons Limited, Darwen. | Medical Equipment | 1999-05-47 |
| Collection of items from the Mau Mau rebellion, 1955 (c): cow hide mat; two wooden office seals. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-604 |
| Collection of items from the Mau Mau rebellion, 1955 (c): shoulder strap rank badge; felt hat; buffalo hide hat; cow hide bag or sporran; deer skin shorts; hide and leopard skin coat | Badges | 1963-09-604 |
| Collection of items from the Mau Mau rebellion, 1955 (c): shoulder strap rank badge; felt hat; buffalo hide hat; cow hide bag or sporran; deer skin shorts; hide and leopard skin coat | Uniforms | 1963-09-604 |
| Collection of items from the Mau Mau rebellion, 1955 (c): shoulder strap rank badge; felt hat; buffalo hide hat; cow hide bag or sporran; deer skin shorts; hide and leopard skin coat | Equipment, uniform | 1963-09-604 |
| Two medals: United Nations Bosnia Medal, (UNPROFOR) UN Protection Force, 1992 (c); NATO Medal, 1994. | Medals | 1999-05-48 |
| Medal group awarded to Driver T F Bowden, Royal Army Service Corps, later Tripolitania Police: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star 1940-43, clasp: 8th Army; British War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal. | Medals | 1999-05-49 |
| Badge, possibly Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, 1927; associated with 2/Lt Wilfred Garrett West, 2/6 Jats Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, 1917-1945. | Badges | 1999-05-50 |
| Badges associated with 2/Lt Wilfred Garrett West, 1917-1945, 2/6 Jats Regiment and East Surrey Regiment: two pairs of shoulder titles, 2nd Jats; three rank badges; cap badge of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). | Badges | 1999-05-51 |
| Medal group awarded to 2/Lt Wilfred Garrett West, 2/6 Jats Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, 1917-1945: British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19; Defence Medal 1939-45. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Medals | 1999-05-52 |
| Identity tag, 1884; in sheet steel, circular in shape with a folded over edge and a film of tin around it; impressed, '134/ IMR'; worn by Lt William Dunville Craig when serving with the 1st Mounted Rifles (Methuen's Horse) in Sir Charles Warren's Bechuanaland Field Force, 1884-1885. | Equipment, general | 1963-09-615 |
| Seal, 1903-1906; sheet brass with a raised device, in reverse, of a stringed bugle horn within a crescent upon a crown crossed pattee, inscribed, 'AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, DELHI, ABYSSINIA, BURMA 1885-1887, BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1897-98, 127TH BALUCH LIGHT INFANTRY.'; made by Knights and Cottrell. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-30 |
| Penknife, 1899-1902. Made in Germany by Gustav Felix, Gloriawerk, Solingen; brass ovoid elongated case bearing relief designs; on one side, in cartouche are the portraits of Kruger and De Wet, the other side bears a scroll with the words, 'Eendracht' and 'Macht' above and below the arms of the Orange Free State and and the Transvaal. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-34 |
| Three currency notes used as siege currency, produced in Mafeking during the Boer War, 13 Oct 1899 to 17 May 1900: one ten shilling sterling note, numbered 3482 and dated March 1900; one three shilling sterling note, numbered 3776 and dated January 1900; a single one shilling note, numbered 7775 and dated February 1900; all issued on the authority of Col S S Baden Powell, Commanding Frontier Force and H Greener Capt Chief Paymaster; printed by Townsend and Sons, Mafeking. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-192 |
| Tobacco pipe, 1897 (c); white clay bowl with a round bottom, attached to a black elongated mouthpiece by a silver collar, hallmarked Birmingham 1897-1898; front of bowl engraved 'A FRENCH [crossed flags] SOUVENIR'; possibly a souvenir of the Crimean War or a civilian souvenir of a foreign journey. | Crafts | 1963-10-218 |
| Two trunks, 1857 (c); in the shape of a cube formed from solid wooden slabs covered in leather; hinged lid secured at the front with a hasp and loop; the leather is fixed tot he boxes by riveted strips of metal; with four legs, white paper lining and hinged metal handles on either side; owned by Brig Gen John Nicholson and used by him during the Indian Mutiny. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-236 |
| Child's shoe, 1857 (c); back stitched leather with an ankle strap, originally lined with textiles; with a raffia basket; the shoe was found at Cawnpore at the scene of the massacre of the women and children of the garrison during the Indian Mutiny. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-237 |
| Rattan dhal (shield), cummerbund, trousers and turban cloth (in two pieces); used by T H Kavanagh VC as part of his disguise to pass through 'Mutineer' lines at Lucknow 1857, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859); with edge bordered with iron strip; four bosses on outer surface; interior with four iron rings and padding, one broken grip strap attached to two of the rings. | Armour | 1963-10-241 |
| Rattan dhal (shield), cummerbund, trousers and turban cloth (in two pieces); used by T H Kavanagh VC as part of his disguise to pass through 'Mutineer' lines at Lucknow 1857, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859); with edge bordered with iron strip; four bosses on outer surface; interior with four iron rings and padding, one broken grip strap attached to two of the rings. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-241 |
| Collection of saddlery, 1856 (c); presented to Gen George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge by the Turkish Sultan after the Crimean War (1854-1856): leather saddle, covered in maroon velvet; shabraque, crimson cloth embroidered in gold; pair of saddle holsters; horse's neck band and breastplate; part of a horse's bridle; pair of stirrups. | Horse Furniture | 1963-10-252 |
| Gold watch and money purse, owned by Cornet Ralph Shelton Bond, 12th (Prince of Wales Regiment) Lancers, and carried by him when he was wrecked in HMS Birkenhead, 8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853). The purse is black leather with brass bindings, made from two side pieces and a bottom strip; an external pocket on one side with a hinged mouth and leather handle; | Equipment, general | 1963-10-263 |