FROM HANKELOW HALL CHESHIRE RARE SPECIAL GIFT FROM QUEEN VIC...
FROM HANKELOW HALL CHESHIRE
RARE SPECIAL GIFT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA 1900 TO COLONEL R B MAINWARING - ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL - 1ST DIVISION SOUTH AFRICA FIELD FORCE (QUALITY MADE HARDWOOD TOP OPENING BOX WHICH HOLDS THE QUEEN'S GIFT OF A TIN OF CHOCOLATES TO ALL HER TROOPS AT CHRISTMAS 1900 IN THE BOER WAR. BEDECKED WITH HALLMARKED SILVER CORNER PROTECTORS & ROYAL REGALIA BY TOP LONDON SILVERSMITH WILLIAM FREDERICK WRIGHT - INSIDE IS A PLAQUE PROBABLY ALSO SILVER, STATING IT IS FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO COLONEL R B MAINWARING. THE BOTTOM COMPARTMENT WAS PROBABLY FULL OF CIGARS & CIGARETTES.)
A VERY RARE PIECE OF HISTORY & A RELIC OF THE QUEEN TO A VERY FAMOUS MILITARY MAN
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FROM HANKELOW HALL CHESHIRE
RARE SPECIAL GIFT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA 1900 TO COLONEL R B MAINWARING - ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL - 1ST DIVISION SOUTH AFRICA FIELD FORCE (QUALITY MADE HARDWOOD TOP OPENING BOX WHICH HOLDS THE QUEEN'S GIFT OF A TIN OF CHOCOLATES TO ALL HER TROOPS AT CHRISTMAS 1900 IN THE BOER WAR. BEDECKED WITH HALLMARKED SILVER CORNER PROTECTORS & ROYAL REGALIA BY TOP LONDON SILVERSMITH WILLIAM FREDERICK WRIGHT - INSIDE IS A PLAQUE PROBABLY ALSO SILVER, STATING IT IS FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO COLONEL R B MAINWARING. THE BOTTOM COMPARTMENT WAS PROBABLY FULL OF CIGARS & CIGARETTES.)
A VERY RARE PIECE OF HISTORY & A RELIC OF THE QUEEN TO A VERY FAMOUS MILITARY MAN