NAM.1979-03-55-1

The Subaltern's Cup, presented to the battalion by all the lieutenants of 1st Bn The Royal Munster Fusiliers, as an award for an annual running race between subalterns, 1905 Associated with Lt H A Carroll, Gen Simms, MVO, H S Jervis, H R Yorke, D Wise, J C Dick, Lt J C M Canny, DSO, E P Conway, C S Aspinall, H E R R Braine, G W Gedds and H C H O'Brien. Two handled cup, silver, by the Goldsmith and Silversmith Company Limited, hallmarked London 1904-1905. The cup is laterally elongated like a tureen and bears on the front a large stylised scrolled edge cartouche. Back is similar, with horse racing scene.