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Vicky Thomas Antiques has dated this Victorian Military Campaign Chest to the 19th Century.
I have contacted the National Army museum who believe this to relate to the Royal Army Medical Corps, but the inclusion of the letter 'T' has left them baffled - they are sure though that this chest would have been used to store Sergent Robinsons kit and uniform, and that it dates to the 19th century.
It is a heavy wooden chest with metal handles at each end and metal plates on each corner, large metal rivets on the top - painted black with the inscription applied in gilt to the front side - also of particular note and interest are two old railway labels for the North Eastern Railway.
Inside the chest is lined with paper - I have left this intact as it is sheets of the Manchester Guardian and dates from the early 1950's and I thought it added to the chests history and charm - it can of course be removed very easily.
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Vicky Thomas Antiques has dated this Victorian Military Campaign Chest to the 19th Century.
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Victorian Military Chest / Trunk
