Military interest - A pair of George III sterling silver sauce ladles, London 1817 by Paul Storr (1771-1844, first reg. 12th Jan 1793)

Military interest - A pair of George III sterling silver sauce ladles, London 1817 by Paul Storr (1771-1844, first reg. 12th Jan 1793)

Fiddle and Thread pattern, double struck. The terminals engraved 2^nd R .V Battⁿ . Each marked to reverse.

Length – 18 cm / 7 inches

Weight – 123 grams / 3.95 ozt

Royal Veteran Battalions were British Army units of the early nineteenth century that were made up of men no longer fit for front-line service. They had been previously termed "invalid battalions" but this was deemed derogatory and changed. The 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion was first formed in 1802 at Plymouth and was disbanded and re-formed eight times in different parts of the country. In 1806, a detachment was sent to the New South Wales Corps. The 2nd battalion served in Plymouth, Heligoland, and Madeira (1809–1814).

In 1819, the 2nd battalion was re-formed at Portsmouth from fit out-pensioners to curb political unrest. It served at Waterford in 1820 and was disbanded in 1821 at Gosport. It was raised again in 1821 at Newry, served in Londonderry in 1822, and was disbanded in 1826 at Enniskillen.

This pattern is a version with the French form of thread.