An Antiques Roadshow guest had made history after his item was given a record-breaking valuation. The man had brought a family heirloom along, which expert Geoffrey Minn recognised as a Faberge sculpture of a pear blossom belonging to the Worcestershire army regiment.
The sculpture had an incredible history, reports the Mirror, as the guest explained: "It was formed in 1794 to protect the shores against a Napoleonic invasion. It was agreed that the regiment should serve only within the United Kingdom.
"However, in 1899 when the Boer War was going badly, it was decided that some of [the regiment] as volunteers would be mobilised. When they left the shores, the Countess of Dudley, whose husband, the Earl of Dudley was a member of the regiment, he was second in command, she presented each and every soldier that went out with a sprig of pear blossom, worked in silk that they were to wear in their hat.
