Antique Cased Copper & Nickel Horse Carriage Coaching Horn By Army & Navy CSL

This is an antique copper horse carriage coaching horn with a nickel silver mouthpiece. 

Embossed onto the bell is the maker: 
'Army & Navy C.S.L
105 Victoria St
London 
S.W​' 
'Army & Navy Stores was a department store group in the United Kingdom, which originated as a co-operative society for military officers and their families during the nineteenth century. The society became a limited liability company in the 1930s and purchased multiple independent department stores during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1973, the Army and Navy Stores group was acquired by House of Fraser.' 

The bell is also embossed with a family crest, and an original presentation: 
C.L 
From 
C.R.W & M.W 

The horn comes complete in its original leather case. 

The coach Horn was used to inform the villages or the hotels the Stagecoach was approaching.

A great piece of history. 

Measurements; 
Length - 101.5cm 
Diameter of the horn - 7.7cm 
Diameter of the mouthpiece - 2.4cm 
Weight - 922g