Presentation smoking pipe : Trumpeter Alfred Henry Jobson, NSW Imperial Bushman

Smoking pipe of the Cutty style with only the bowl and shank present. Both the mouth of the bowl and shank have silver fittings with inscribed floral decorations and no hallmarks. The top of the shank has 'CBB' within a triangle impressed into the wood. The pipe-shaped presentation box is bound in red-brown leatherette and is equipped with two brass hinges with a brass clasp on the other side. The interior is lined with purple velveteen and is marked 'CBB' and 'SUPERIOR MOUNTS' in gold blocking on the material.

Alfred Henry Jobson a resident of Watson’s Bay in Sydney, enlisted under service number 1355 as a trumpeter with the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen. He had previously served with the NSW Permanent Artillery. The Bushmen was one of a number of regiments raised in the Australian colonies in response to a request from the British government asking for "hardy bushmen" - men who could ride, shoot, and navigate in the bush. The idea was to find men who could employ the same type of guerrilla tactics as the Boer and beat them at their own game. Volunteers came from Cootamundra, Gundagai, Wagga, Young, Hay, Cooma, Moree, Cobar, Tenterfield, and Bourke. The New South Wales Imperial Bushmen was a mounted unit, consisting of six mounted rifle companies; Jobson was assigned to E Company.

The Bushmen left Sydney, on board the transport 'Armenian', on 23 April 1900. The regiment originally numbered 40 officers with 722 other ranks, and 800 horses. They were the fourth contingent sent from New South Wales to the war. During 15 months in South Africa, the regiment served in Rhodesia and in west Transvaal and captured at least 14 pieces of enemy artillery besides a number of Boer convoys and prisoners. The regiment returned to Australia, on board the transport 'Orient', on 17 July 1901.

Jobson later enlisted under service number 50 with 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse comprising 487 mounted troops from NSW as well as over 1400 soldiers from other states making up the 6th, 7th and 8th battalions ACH. Their convoy, making up the Third Contingent, was still at sea when the news that the war had ended on 31 May 1902.

This pipe was likely presented to Jobson prior to his departure to South Africa. The "CBB" (Can't Be Beat) brand was used on pipes, razors and tobacco products by Sydney tobacco and sports equipment merchant, Mick Simmons.