#16 EXTREMELY RARE,12th Royal Lancers, Antique box (Snuff), trench art, Boer War

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#16 EXTREMELY RARE,12th Royal Lancers, Antique box (Snuff), trench art, Boer War:
$242.45

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*** For sale today is this superb find, a unique & Very Very Rare piece of trench art made by a member of the 12th (Prince of Wales) Royal Lancers.*** PICTURE NUMBER 8 IS A PHOTO OF A BADGE TO SHOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE & IS NOT PART OFTHE SALE The 12th (Prince of Wales\'s) Royal Lancers were formed in 1715 & continued fighting in many historic battles including Waterloo until they were amalgamated with the 9th Royal Lancers to make the 9/12th Royal Lancers in 1960,. Lord Wellington before he was promoted & made a Lord & Commander in Chief of the British Army was once a member of this regiment very early in his career. This item is from when they were the 12th (Prince of Wales) Royal Lancers so pre 1960 (item is dated 1768 to 1959) & looking at the type of box I would say maybe late Victorian to Edwardian so maybe the Boer War era up to the end of WW1 era. (If anyone has any more information or ideas about it\'s age please contact me as i\'m not sure of the date but definitely earlier than 1960 & later than 1768 when King George gave the three ostrich feathers as the insignia) A superb, interesting & unusual example of Historic trench art, This antique tin box is probably a snuff box & of very rare historical value reasonable offers will be considered..This box has had the Badge of the regiment on it\'s front & the different pieces of wood have been painstakingly put in place by one of it\'s regiment, to make it into the badge the regiment bore of the two crossed lances with Flags, the kings crown above the three Ostrich feathers which King George III bestowed upon theregiment in 1868 & the Roman numerals XII signifying 12th regiment of Lancers.Of Medium size measuring 44mm long, 34mm wide & 11mm high & weighing10.3 grams
INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGIMENT; The regiment of dragoons was raised in Reading by Brigadier-General Phineas Bowles as the Phineas Bowles Regiment of Light Dragoons in July 1715 as part of the response to the Jacobite Rebellion, it\'s job was escorting prisoners to London. In 1718 the regiment were posted to Ireland & remained there for the next 75 years.In 1751 the regiment was officially styled the 12th Dragoons.In 1768 King George III bestowed the badge of the three ostrich feathers & the motto \"Ich Dien\'\" (I Serve) on the regiment & re-titled it The 12th (Prince of Wales\'s) Regiment of (Light ) Dragoons.A young Arthur Wellesley ( 1st Duke of Wellington) joined the regiment as a Subaltern in 1789During the French Revolutionary Wars the regiment took part in the siege of Bastia, Corsica in April 1794.The regiment landed in Alexandria in March 1801 & saw action under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Doyle in the Battle of Alexandria & in the Libyan desert in May 1801 capturing 28 Officers & 570 other rank of the French Dromedary Corps. It also took part in the siege of Cairo securing the city in June 1801 & then participated in the siege of Alexandria taking that city in September 1801.The regiment next deployed for the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in the Autumn of 1809. In June 1811 the regiment embarked for Lisbon & under the command of Colonel Frederick Ponsonby, took part in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in Jan 1812, the siege of Badajoz in March 1812 & the Battle of Villagarcia in April 1812 during the Peninsular War. It also undertook two charges at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812 before taking part in the siege of Burgos in September 1812, the Battle of Vittoria in June 1813 & the siege of San Sebastian in Autumn 1813The regiment next advanced into France & supported the Infantry at the Battle of Nivelle in November 1813. The regiment marched through France & arrived in Calais in July 1814 from where it returned to England.During the Waterloo campaign the regiment was attached to Sir John Vandeleui\'s Light Cavalry Brigade. At the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the regiment charged down the slope to support the Union Brigade of medium Cavalry, Ponsonby was seriously wounded in the melee, but survived.In 1816 the 12th Light Dragoons was armed with lances after the cavalry of Napoleon\'s army had shown their effectiveness at Waterloo & were re-titled as 12th (The Prince of Wales\'s) regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)In 1855 it reinforced the Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea after The Charge of The Light Brigade & the Battle of Balaclava.In 1861 the regiment was renamed 12th (The Prince of Wales\'s) Royal Regiment of Lancers.The regiment was stationed in India between 1857 & 1860 in response to the Indian Rebellion & in Ireland between 1865 & 1870.In the late 1870\'s it fought in the Second Anglo Afghan War.It was deployed in South Africa for service in the Second Boer War in October 1899 & took part in the Relief of Kimberley & the ensuing Battle of Paardeberg in February 1900.The commanding officer of the regiment the 11th Earl of Airdrie was killed at the Battle of Diamond Hill in June 1900. At the start of World War 1 the regiment was stationed at Norwich. They landed in France in August 1914 for service on the Western Front as part of The 5th Cavalry Brigade in the 2nd Cavalry Division.On 28th August 1914 \"C\" Squadron of the 12th Lancers led by Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Wormald, made a successful charge against a dismounted Squadron of Prussian Dragoons at Moy-de-l\'Aisne during the Great Retreat. The 9th/12th Royal Lancers celebrated Mons/Moy day annually, which commemorated the last occasion on which each predecessor regiment charged with lances. In 1921 the regiment was re-titled 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales\'s)In 1928 it gave up it\'s horses & was equipped with armoured cars, taking over vehicles left in Egypt by two Royal Tank Corps, armoured car units the 5th & the 3rd Companies.Late in 1934 the 12th exchanged equipment & station with the 11th Hussars, taking over 34 Lanchester 6x4 armoured cars at Tidworth. It\'s strength would have been 12 officers & 141 other ranks, organized in a company headquarters & three sections each with five cars. Total numbers were sixteen cars, six motorcycles, a staff car, four long tons (3t) & seven 3,360lb (1520kg) (30kw) lorries. In Jan/Feb 1935 a provisional \"D\" squadron of the 12th Lancers with eight armoured cars served as a peacekeeping force in the Saar region ( A region of Germany occupied & Governed by UK & France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate)On 31st December 1935 \"B\" & \"C\" squadrons were sent again to Egypt with 29 armoured cars as a response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia & to strengthen garrisons in Libya.By the end of 1936 the squadrons were returned to Britain, where the regiment was re-equipped with Morris Light Reconnaissance Cars. In the Second World War the 12th served as an armoured car regiment equipped with the Morris CS9 during the 1940 campaign in France & Flanders playing a key part in shielding the retreat to Dunkirk.After evacuation (without their vehicles) from Malo-le-Bains on dredgers they were first equipped with Beaverettes, then in June 1941 with HumbersThe Lancers landed in Port Tewfik, Egypt in November 1941, subsequently the regiment fought as divisional troops for the 1st Armoured Division at the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 & then served as a corps-level reconnaissance unit in the Italian Campaign. In August 1946 the regiment was deployed to Palestine, before returning home in April 1947.It was sent to Malaya in 1951, during the Malayan Emergency &, having been posted to Harewood Barracks, Herwood (Germany) in January 1955, moved on the Northampton Barracks, Wolfenbuttel in March 1956. It returned home again in March 1959 & deployed to Cyprus in May 1959. The regiment was amalgamated with the 9th Queens Royal Lancers to form the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales\'s) in September 1960Please take a good look at the pictures & enlarge them as they form a large part of my description, many thanks for looking at my items
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