Original British WWI Death or Glory 17th Royal Lancers Officer’s Walking Cane with Carved Bone Skull Handle - Silver Hallmarked British Military Maps Blade is nice and bright

Blade is nice and bright

even under the handguard

and is marked on one side (partially worn off)-

matching the number on the musket butt plate

This particular example may very well have been captured at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 when Nelson's Fleet captured huge quantities of Danish Weapons and Stores which were subsequently auctioned off as War Booty in London

Original British WWI Death or Glory 17th Royal Lancers Officer’s Walking Cane with Carved Bone Skull Handle - Silver Hallmarked British Military Maps Blade is nice and brightOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a stunning officers walking cane with a carved bone handle depicting a Skull, with a silver band connecting the handle & shaft which is engraved OR GLORY, indicating the DEATH OR GLORY motto of the 17th Royal Lancers. The Silver band was hallmarked by George Loveridge and Co with a likely date of 1912 given the hallmarks, putting it in the WWI Era. The cane measures about 36 long and has had a rubber stopper put