NAM.1979-07-118-1
Sterling silver goblet shaped cup, made by Martin Hall and Company, retailed by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Limited, hallmarked London, 1884-1885. Cup as downward pointing egg, engraved below rim and on foot with a floral scrolling border, on stem. Associated with 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1886.
Diameter: 178 mm Text: 320 mm
Inscribed, 'CHALLENGE CUP/ OF THE SERGEANTS SHOOTING CLUB/ 1ST BN/ THE ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS'. engraved: SERGT J GUERINS/ 77 POINTS/ LYDD 1887/ COLR SGT J MINOGUE/ 93 POINTS/ MULTAN 1904/ COLOUR SGT J GROVES/ 85 POINTS/ RAWALPINDI 1906. SERGT F WHITING/ 81 POINTS/ COLCHESTER 1890/ COLOUR SGT J NOBLE/ 87 POINTS/ GHARIAL 1907/ SERGT INSR P KELLY/ 74 POINTS/ COLCHESTER 1891/ SGT LEWIS/ 89 POINTS/ GHARIAL 1908/ QR MR SGT GROVES/ 50 POINTS/ DUBLIN 1892/ SGT MURPHY 85 .... POINTS/ NEWSHERA 1909/ COLR SGT J M IRWIN/ 77 POINTS/ DUBLIN 1895/ COL SGT LARKE/ 89 POINTS/ HOWSHERA 1910/ LCE SGT RYAN/ 91 POINTS/ CURRAGH CAMP 1894/ SGT MAJOR GOOCH/ 94 POINTS/ KARACI 1911/ SERGT A MCCANN/ 83 POINTS/ CURRAGH CAMP 1895/ SGT E M MCDONALD/ 65 POINTS/ CROWNHILL 1921/ SGT AMCCANN/ 88 POINTS/ FERMOY 1896/ SGT A BURT MM/ 66 POINTS/ CROWNHILL 1922/ COLR SERGT J REANEY/ 73 POINTS/ KILWORTH 1897/ COLR SERGT T H TRILL/ 83 POINTS/ KILWORTH 1898/ SERGT INST J C DUTHIE/ 88 POINTS/ KILWORTH 1899. Hallmarks: lion facing left, leopard’s head, letter I and Queen’s head facing left. Makers mark RMEH inside a diamond.