Original British WWI 1912 Dated Royal Fusiliers Bearskin Busby by J Compton & Sons - Size 7 German Field Gear ) number stamped to front

) number stamped to front '1RS 3045063'

was nicknamed in German military slang as Schiffchen

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whose embroidered tag is still present at the neck

Original British WWI 1912 Dated Royal Fusiliers Bearskin Busby by J Compton & Sons - Size 7 German Field Gear ) number stamped to frontOriginal Item: Only One available. One of Great Britain's oldest regiments, the Royal Fusiliers were raised in 1685 as the "Ordnance Regiment", to combat the the bastard son of King Charles the Second, the Duke of Monmouth who was later beheaded after the Battle of Sedgemoor. The regiment was redesignated as the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) in 1751, and served throughout the Wars of the Spanish Succession and by 1773 was posted to Canada.