Flask
Description
A glass spirit flask with a metal and leather covering. The flask has a metal screw top lid and stem and a removable metal container on the bottom half. The top half of the flask is covered in leather with a vertical viewing slit cut in both sides. "E.P.B.M" is stamped on the base of the cup along with "JD&S" and a bugle mark. "D" and "4" are also stamped on the base.
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Manufacturer
Subject person
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This
flask
is
thought
to
have
belonged
to
Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles
Stapp.
A
veteran
of
the
58th
Regiment,
Stapp
served
in
the
Northern
War
in
1845
before
returning
to
England.
He
returned
to
Taranaki
in
1858
and
was
appointed
to
a
senior
position
with
the
militia.
Stapp
played
and
important
role
in
planning
the
settler
defences
of
New
Plymouth
prior
to
the
First
Taranaki
War
in
1860.
He
also
took
an
active
part
in
the
Battle
of
Waireka.
After
further
service
in
campaigns
on
the
East
Coast
he
returned
to
Taranaki
and
commanded
the
Taranaki
Volunteers
before
assuming
command
of
the
Western
Military
District
in
1881.
Accession number
PA2005.326
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