{"product_id":"victorian-pre-1892-11th-hussars-officers-busby-tin-named-to-j-e-h-balfour-dso","title":"Victorian 1858 Pattern 11th Hussars Officers Busby \u0026 Tin named to J E H Balfour DSO","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Victorian 1858 Pattern 11th Hussars Officers Busby \u0026amp; Tin named to J E H Balfour DSO - fully original and in lovely condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful Brown sable fur busby fitted with a Lancashire Hussars burgundy bag having flat silver braid and silver gimp button.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Busby likely dates from 1884 when he joined the 11th Hussars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBusby has never been fitted with a cockade, but still has its original stitched on triple gilt cord cap lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGilt corded 15th Hussars chin chain backed with scarlet leather and traces of scarlet velvet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuff leather headband and silk lining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal cream white horsehair plume with red feather base, gilt ring, gold plume holder and also with its original plume tin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMakers label for James Cooper of Maidstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn generally very good condition - small amount of fur loss on the top rim at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHawkes \u0026amp; Co tin, with name plate for J E H Balfour Esq, 11th Hussars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize approx 55-56 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Edmund Heugh Balfour , born 23\/01\/1863, Eton 1877.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommissioned as a Lieutenant in the 4th (militia) Bn Leinster regt 27\/07\/1881.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe transferred into 11th Hussars on 14th May 1884 and joined the regiment for its posting to Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was promoted Capt 31\/03\/1891.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe regiment's subsequent posting was to India, however Balfour left in 1892.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe then joined the 1st Royal Devon Yeomanry in 28\/01\/1893 as a Captain, served in the Boer War with the Robert Horse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was awarded the DSO for his Boer War service as a Captain in September 1901.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis career progression was :\u003cbr\u003eLieutenant — 1881\u003cbr\u003eCaptain — 1891\u003cbr\u003eMajor — by 1902\u003cbr\u003eLieutenant-Colonel — 1905\u003cbr\u003eHonorary Colonel — 1908\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe retired after he married in 1910 and then he rejoined the army in WW, 1including Reserve of Officers and Entrenching Battalion appointments in 1916, and then as a staff officer from 1917-18.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe died in 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peaks Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53731042525523,"sku":null,"price":930.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/3755\/7075\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_46535170-0b9b-4340-8dbe-b9e4afef4c3d.png?v=1778588055","url":"https:\/\/peaksmilitaria.com\/products\/victorian-pre-1892-11th-hussars-officers-busby-tin-named-to-j-e-h-balfour-dso","provider":"Peaks Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}