Original British East India Company Named Officer Sword with 1812 Ensign Commission- Valentine Hale Mairis 81mm Mortar Army M41 HBT Field Utility

Army M41 HBT Field Utility Cap

It was later converted by ENFIELD to

His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum

black plastic construction

educated at Eton and became a King's Scholar at Trinity College Cambridge

Original British East India Company Named Officer Sword with 1812 Ensign Commission- Valentine Hale Mairis 81mm Mortar Army M41 HBT Field UtilityOriginal Item: One of a kind set. This is from the wonderful Napoleonic Wars collection we acquired in England within the past few years featuring a a rare British East India Company Officer's Commission dated October 28th, 1812 . The commission is for VALENTINE HALE MAIRIS, GENTLEMAN ENSIGN in the KING'S ARMY OF THE EAST INDIES. He was only 17 years old. The Commission is signed by FIELD MARSHAL SIR GEORGE NUGENT (1757 1849). Also included in this