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Description: | inscription, engraving, OBTAINED FROM THE BAGGAGE OF THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE NIGHT AFTER THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA BY A HUSSAR OF THE 15TH OR KING'S REGT. AND PRESENTED TO HIS CAPTAIN THE HON. WILLIAM ERSKINE COCHRANE IN THE BIVOUAC ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING ON PERCEIVING HIM EATING HIS BREAKFAST WITHOUT A PLATE, JUNE 21ST 1813
inscription, engraving, PRESENTED TO THE OFFICERS 15TH KING'S HUSSARS BY COL. W.M. COCHRANE, SON OF MAJOR THE HON. W.E. COCHRANE FORMERLY 15TH HUSSARS. 1898
Silver plate. Inscribed 'Obtained from the baggage of the French Army on the night after the Battle of Vittoria by a Hussar of the 15th or King's Regiment and presented to Captain The Hon. William Erskine Cochrane in the bivouac the morning following on perceiving him eating his breakfast without a plate, June 21st 1813'.
Part: tray, Material: metal, silver
Part: cabinet, Material: wood
Part: cabinet, Material: glass | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ld&nhregimentalhistory.32 | Go to resource |
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