stick, walking, stick, walking
Accession Number
NAM.2009-01-73-1
Description
Walking stick belonging to Lt Col Sir Gustavus Hume, cut from thorn on the field of Inkerman, 5 Nov 1854. Ivory knob, possibly from the tusk of a boar, engraved with, ‘Inkerman Nov 5 1854’. Silver band below knob engraved with, ‘Capt Gustavus Hume 38 Regt’. Chrome tanned leather strap, not contemporary, passed through top of stick. Associated with the Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War (1854-1856) 1854 and the Siege of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) 1857.
Events
Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859), Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856)
