Auction Catalogue

21 September 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 277

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21 September 2007

Hammer Price:
£240

Wazirforce 1919-1920, Fifty Five Sketches by Captain C. G. Borrowman, 4th Gurkha Rifles, original card folder, New Commercial Press, Dera Ismail Khan, n.d. [1920], containing fifty-five, 303 x 216mm., lithographed illustrations, loose sheets each bearing a caricature portrait of a named officer of the staff, spine splitting, folder worn and damaged, sketches in good condition, scarce (lot) £140-180

The officer’s portrayed include the illustrator - Captain C. G. Borrowman, 4th Gurkha Rifles, G.S.O.III Operations, and Brigadier-General H. C. Tyttler, C.M.G., D.S.O.; Major-General S. H. Climo, C.B., D.S.O.; Brigadier-General F. G. Lucas, C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O. and Wing Commander W. G. S. Mitchell, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., to name but a few.