Bugle, brass. World War I. Maker "BESSON & Co. LONDON" Stamped with a sharp point (like a nail) around the wide mouth of the horn (bell) are the words "YPRES SOMME VIMY RIDGE" BELIEVED TO BE the one found by Jan Smit, Bremweg, 7217 R.R. Harfsen, gemeente Gorsel, Holland in the mud [of Belgium] in September 1948. It was presented to the Regiment by his sister Riet van der Chijs in the mid-1990s. "He found it in September 1948 in the woods near Café "de Zessprong" in Joppe, gemeente Gorsel near the launching site of the German V-1s, when he was looking for mushrooms. At that time he was 22 years of age. Donated by his sister (?) Riet van derChijs, nee Smit. The family looked for years to be able to return it to the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and succeeded after 1993. See letter on file. [Curator Colin Stevens does not know why it is attributed to the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Is there a 72 on it?] On his website, Colin Stevens states that the bugles were in Case 13 (Lower) of the old museum at the Seaforth Armoury. This bugle is the first on the left. Besson is a manufacturer of brass musical instruments. It is owned by Buffet Crampon, which bought Besson in 2006 from The Music Group. The company was formed in 1837 by Gustave Auguste Besson, who at the age of 18 produced a revolutionary design of cornet which surpassed all contemporary models.His products quickly gained a great reputation throughout Europe. In 1857, he moved to England where he built a large factory in London from which his instruments took a share of the English market and from where he exported to many countries including the USA. The modern company produces a range of cornets, tenor horns, euphoniums, tubas, French horns and baritone horns.