A Mounted Spoke Off a WWI 13 Pounder Field Gun From The Kings Troop R.H.A. (Royal Horse Artillery). MISC 905. A Mounted Spoke Off a WWI 13 Pounder Field Gun From The Kings Troop R.H.A. (Royal Horse Artillery). MISC 905. Antique & Militaria

This is an original wheel spoke from a WWI mounted on a hardwood base with red baize and a brass coloured plaque reading; ‘A SPOKE OFF A 13 POUNDER GUN BELONGING TO THE KINGS TROOP RHA 1989’. The Ordnance QF 13-pounder (quick-firing) field gun was the standard equipment of the British and Canadian Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World War I. he QF 13-pounder was developed as a response to combat experience gained in the Boer War and entered service in 1904, replacing the Ehrhard QF 15-pounder and BL 12-pounder 6 cwt. It was intended as a rapid-firing and highly-mobile, yet reasonably powerful, field gun for Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) batteries supporting Cavalry brigades, and was expected to be engaged in mobile open warfare. It was developed in parallel with the QF 18-pounder used by Royal Field Artillery. The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, is a ceremonial unit of the British Army, quartered at Woolwich. It is a mounted unit and all of its soldiers are trained to care for and drive teams of six horses, each team pulling a First World War-era QF 13-pounder gun; six teams are used in the unit's Musical Drive. The Troop's duties include firing salutes on royal and state occasions, participation in parades, and the duties of the King's Life Guard at Horse Guards for one month each year. The unit provides the gun carriage and team of black horses for state funerals. The unit is most often seen providing gun salutes on state occasions in Hyde Park, and Green Park. The spoke measures 60 cm long and 16 cm at its highest point. The price for this nice office desk piece includes UK delivery. MISC 905.