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15 March 2023

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№ 516

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15 March 2023

Hammer Price:
£180

A Hand Painted ‘King’s Colour’ of The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).
A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s King’s Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 22 September 1922 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Marne 1914, Ypres 1915 ‘17, Somme 1916 ‘18, Arras 1917 ‘18, Messines 1917, Lys, France and Flanders 1914-18, Macedonia 1915-18, Gallipoli 1915, and Mesopotamia 1916-18,
extremely good condition £100-£140

The regiment, originally the 2nd Tangier Regiment, and later the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)’ in 1921.