Original Henry Potter & Co 1893 dated British Army E coy 1st VBDR Weymouth

[kradman]

Picked up this Original Henry Potter & Co 1893 dated British Army E coy 1st VBDR Weymouth Bugle today on the fea market and thought i would show it out of interest

[RH1941]

I don't know much about British items but shouldn't this have the broad arrow stamp to make it military . Gary

[kradman]

Hi Gary most items are arrow stamp not sure about items this early and not sure when the arrow stamp came into use ,well the item is unit marked also

[RH1941]

Kradman I was just looking on the net and they have some good articles about British bugles. You should take a look . the Canadian Anglo boar museum has a good article about them . Gary

[kradman]

Thankyou I will take a look

[Jerry B]

Nice.

It should be remembered that volunteer battalions often supplied their own kit and also were a bit lax in following rules and regs so I see no problem with this being an original issue to E company, 1st Volunteer battalion of the Dorsetshire regiment.

Very nice, Potter were well known makers of military musical instruments, bugles and drums in particular.

[kradman]

Thank you for clearing that up Jerry