Auction Catalogue

15 March 2023

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№ 519

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15 March 2023

Hammer Price:
£170

A Hand Painted ‘King’s Colour’ of The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s).
A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s King’s Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 26 September 1924 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Mons, Messines 1914 ‘17 ‘18, Ypres 1914 ‘17, Somme 1916 ‘18, Arras 1917, Bapaume 1918, Macedonia 1915-18, Gallipoli 1915-16, Palestine 1917-18, and Baghdad,
extremely good condition £100-£140

The regiment, originally the 62nd Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s)’ in 1921.