* Two-handled silver trophy engraved with the badge of the...
* Two-handled silver trophy engraved with the badge of the Kenya Regiment and inscription 'Champion Company Trophy [...] presented by Brigadier General A. C. Lewin [...]'. London, 1936-1937. Silversmith Richard Comyns (1550 g; h. 32 cm). On ebonised stepped wooden base. Reverse engraved with winning companies, 1951-1962 (defects) The trophy was presented in 1937 by Brigadier General Arthur Charles Lewin, Honorary Colonel of the Kenya Regiment, as a prize to be awarded to the regiment's best company. The Kenya Regiment, established in 1937 as the territorial force of the British Colony of Kenya, was composed predominantly of European settlers and served in local defence and military training. The engraved names of the winners, dated from 1951 to 1962, testify to the trophy's continued use during the post-war period, in the years preceding Kenya's independence in 1963, making it a significant testament to the British military tradition in East Africa.
Estimate € 2,800 - 3,000
* Two-handled silver trophy engraved with the badge of the Kenya Regiment and inscription 'Champion Company Trophy [...] presented by Brigadier General A. C. Lewin [...]'. London, 1936-1937. Silversmith Richard Comyns (1550 g; h. 32 cm). On ebonised stepped wooden base. Reverse engraved with winning companies, 1951-1962 (defects) The trophy was presented in 1937 by Brigadier General Arthur Charles Lewin, Honorary Colonel of the Kenya Regiment, as a prize to be awarded to the regiment's best company. The Kenya Regiment, established in 1937 as the territorial force of the British Colony of Kenya, was composed predominantly of European settlers and served in local defence and military training. The engraved names of the winners, dated from 1951 to 1962, testify to the trophy's continued use during the post-war period, in the years preceding Kenya's independence in 1963, making it a significant testament to the British military tradition in East Africa.
Estimate € 2,800 - 3,000
