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This bugle of the 23rd Regiment 'Welsh' Fusiliers was decorated with a garland of poppies and placed on a teak wooden support as a tribute to this regiment who took part in some of the hardest fightings of the war including Passchendaele and Third Ypres in 1917. Historically bugles were used to clear communication in the noise and confusion even on the battlefield. Measures: height: 39 cm weight: 1,3 kg |
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Bugle Ontario regiment
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Machine Gun Corps; Battle of Polygon Wood
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This bugle of the 'Toronto Regiment' (Canadian Expeditionary Force) is especially dedicated to the 3rd Battalion that saw service in the First World War. The regiment was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from Toronto, primarily from the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada with additional drafts from the 10th Royal Grenadiers and the Governor General’s Body Guard. They arrived in England on 16 October 1914 with a strength of 42 officers and 1123 men. The battalion became part of the 1st Canadian Division where it saw action at Ypres, St. Julien, Somme, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Vimy Ridge ... The battalion returned to Canada on 21 April 1919. Only 40 men of the original contingent came back home... The stems of the illuminated poppies are made from 8-pounder obusses and next to the bugle is the distinguishing patch of the 3rd Battalion along with a bullet found in Flanders Fields. Measures: height: 29,5 cm diameter: 8 cm weight: 1,3 kg SOLD |
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This bugle of 'The Guards Machine Gun Corps' (quinque juncta in uno/five together as one) is decorated with a belt of poppies and blue flowers as a tribute to this regiment who took part in various fightings on the Western front during WW 1 (Battle of the Somme, Passchendaele, Pilchem Ridge, Ypres, Cambrai etc.) Measures: height: 32 cm weight: 1,9 kg SOLD |
