WW1 Era Hand Painted Regimental Side Drum Of The 2nd Battalion 10th Princess Mary\'s Own Gurkha Rifles With Painted Regiment badge & 1916-1919 Battle Honours Later Converted To Side Table. Sn 20740 Antiques & Militaria

WW1 Era Hand Painted Regimental Side Drum Of The 2nd Battalion 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles With Painted Regiment badge & 1916-1919 Battle Honours Later Converted To Side Table. Sn 20740 - 20740

The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, (abbreviated to 10 GR), was originally a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was formed in 1890, taking its lineage from a police unit and over the course of its existence it had a number of changes in designation and composition. It took part in a number of campaigns on the Indian frontiers during the 19th and early 20th centuries, before fighting in the First World War, the Third Anglo-Afghan War and the Second World War. Following India's independence in 1947, the regiment was one of four Gurkha regiments to be transferred to the British Army. In the 1960s it was active in the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation. It was amalgamated with the other three British Gurkha regiments to form the Royal Gurkha Rifles in 1994. The 2nd Battalion saw much action during WW1. This is an original 2nd battalion 10 G.R steel and wood Regimental side drum. It measures 14 ¾” in diameter and is 20 ¾” in height (including its later fitted wood table stand). The wood rims and steel body are undamaged. The top skin is intact and tight. The circumference of the drum is fitted with ropes which are mounted with stitched buff leather tabs. The upper rim of the drum is fitted with 3 metal ball head pegs. The drum is painted dark green with black banding. Central on the body is the ‘strung Bugle with Kukri & 10 painted Regiment badge’, to the left and right sides of the badge are painted banners with 1916-1919 battle honours. All of colours are excellent and rich. At some point in its post service life the drum has been converted into a side table by fixing a wood base with 4 block legs to the underside of the drum and addition of a removable circular glass plate that fits neatly over the skin top. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20740

£575.00