Original British Pewter Platter Bearing Crest of Admiral Samuel Hood - Revolutionary War Royal Navy Commander - Dated 1802 Antique Handguns Merit Cross (Verdienstkreuz) with Swords

Merit Cross (Verdienstkreuz) with Swords

Offered in truly excellent collector's condition

An honest gun presumably pressed into service with the great battle that the whole world watched with baited breath just around the corner

which not only attached the bayonet to the weapon but acted as a hand guard as well

In the process the 134th suffered more than 10

Original British Pewter Platter Bearing Crest of Admiral Samuel Hood - Revolutionary War Royal Navy Commander - Dated 1802 Antique Handguns Merit Cross (Verdienstkreuz) with SwordsOriginal Item. One Only. This is a King George III Era pewter platter or charger, a huge 18" in diameter, bearing all the correct Maker's and Proof Markings to the rear, including the date of 1802. On the top in the center is the Family Crest of ADMIRAL SAMUEL HOOD R. N.: a Cornish Chough perched with its right claw on the fluke of an anchor. Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood 1724 1816, Joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1741, promoted to