Canada. A Boer War Pipe Named to Private John Andrew McDougall, Canadian Mounted Rifles

Pipe manufactured from white clay, the left side of the bowl illustrating a right-facing soldier in the centre, the soldier standing behind an artillery piece and lighting it, an exploding shell above, a tent with a flag behind the soldier and inscribed "CANADIANS AT THE FRONT" below, the right side of the bowl illustrating a large Red Ensign (the version used between 1871 and 1921) and inscribed "LOYAL TO THE COUNTRY" below, the area between the two sides of the bowl with a feathered design on both sides, the left side of the shank impressed "339 McDOUGALL", the right side of the shank impressed "SCOTLAND", measuring approximately 130 mm in length, the bowl measuring 27 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), measuring 9.2 mm in diameter at the lip, the pipe without chipping and crazing. The pipe is housed in its two-tone brown pressed card case, lined in red felt, push release on the the bottom of the shank, with hinges on the bowl and and lip, measuring approximately 152 mm in length, the bowl measuring 41.2 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), the pressed card exterior and red felt interior exhibiting light wear. Near extremely fine.

Footnote: This pipe belonged to John Andrew McDougall, who was born in Orwell, Queens County, Prince Edward Island. He enlisted as a Private (339) with the Canadian Mounted Rifles on April 23, 1902 in Sydney, Nova Scotia for service in South Africa, at the age of 20 years and 11 months, naming his next-of-kin as J. McDougall of Rollo Bay, Kings County, Prince Edward Island and stating his trade as that of Carpenter. His enlistment was reported in the Daily Examiner on April 26, 1902. After the war and being a veteran of the conflict, he was entitled to and did file a Land Application with the federal government.