Lancers’ silver standard sells at Lawrences
As regimental silver, the Victorian centrepiece shown below qualified to be part of the Militaria, Coins & Medals sale at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne and, as a memento of the gallant 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Lancers, it swept the field.
Standing 21in (53cm) tall on its plinth, and hallmarked for Stephen Smith (London 1872), it depict…