Name: 110-year-old military whisky tankard with bullet hole
SKU: DAM 22
Price: 50.00 ZAR
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110-year-old military whisky tankard with bullet hole

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DAM 22

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THIS is an amazing and most unusual century-old military artefact for the serious collector.

This officer’s pewter whisky tankard was manufactured by the famous firm of Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent Street, London, established in 1880.

The tankard was presented to Lance Sergeant EJ Morse, of the much decorated The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), a British Army infantry regiment formed in 1881. The Cameronians saw service in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, and raised 27 battalions during the First World War. In the Second World War, the 1^st Battalion saw action in Burma while the 2^nd Battalion was in Europe. The Cameronians regiment was reduced to a single battalion in 1948.

The inscription on the whisky tankard reads:

Sergeants Mess

The Cameronians

No4755 Lance Sergt E.J.Morse

Joined mess 22^nd April 1905

The bullet hole in the tankard is a mystery, but quite likely to have been caused during a bout of merriment in the sergeants’ mess. It appears to have been fired from the side and above, thereby shattering the glass bottom of the tankard.

Besides several dents, the pewter is in good condition considering its age, the bullet hole, which adds character to the piece, and the fact that it no longer has a glass bottom.

One can just imagine how much whisky was drunk from the 110-year-old tankard.

(I apologise, but I am simply unable to get some of these photos upright)