Key bugle, 1815 (c)
bugle, key, bugle
Accession Number
NAM.1961-12-56-1
Description
Key bugle, 1815 (c). Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars (1815). Copper single loop pipe; brass reinforced bell edge inscribed with retailers name, J Brown, Glasgow, above this is a commemoration inscription and the maker’s name William Funnell; brass mouthpiece with silver plated lip; seven key apertures, one key missing; suspension hook on main body. Also known as the ‘Royal Kent Bugle’. On the bugle is an inscription which states it was ‘used to call the charge at Waterloo’. This is a band instrument which makes this a little unlikely.
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
Units
People
