PALLASCH/VÄRJA, England, m/1845, for infantry officer, belonging to C.F Lewis, Brigade Surgeon (Lieutenant-Colonel) of The 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers, 19th century.

Excerpted from The London Gazette, January 6, 1891.

“MEMORANDA.
INFANTRY VOLUNTEER BRIGADES.
Dover Brigade, Surgeon and Surgeon-Major C. F.
Lewis, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal
Sussex Regiment, to be Brigade Surgeon,
rank as Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 7th
Januari, 1891.“

Rolling pin dressed with fish skin, Victoria Regina cypher as well as C.F. Lewis, 2nd Sussex R.V. etched on the blade. Probably manufactured by Wilkinson.
Blade length 82cm, total length including tub 100cm.