Original British Victorian Era Officer’s Mess Cash Box with Key from the 17th Lancers Regiment - Death or Glory British Edged Weapons in the Senussi Campaign

in the Senussi Campaign

Small children and babies were also bayoneted

So then the two of them came out to see me

Heidi Smith said her dad was a “soldier’s soldier no matter what his rank

however the bayonet lug and butt plate clearly identify it as a Navy Trainer

Original British Victorian Era Officer’s Mess Cash Box with Key from the 17th Lancers Regiment - Death or Glory British Edged Weapons in the Senussi CampaignOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a very fine Victorian Era officer's mess cash box with key, marked to the 17th Lancers Regiment. The box is of all steel construction, with old nickel plating, still very well retained. It has a handle on the top lid, and above this is a large "Skull and Crossed Bones over Glory" device, the regimental insignia of the 17th Lancers, whose motto was "Death or Glory". This most appealing cash box measures 6 1 2"