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24 & 25 February 2016

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№ 598

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24 February 2016

Hammer Price:
£420

Official Photograph Album Concerning the Wana Column 1920-21, comprising 22 large size photographs (29x24 cms) to which white ink details have been added to the pages on which the photographs are mounted, various encampments, a camel column, hillside forts, Wazir hostages, 24th Brigade Staff and the Wana Column Staff; to these have been added a large selection of privately taken photographs mostly 11x6.6 cms including named officers, various shots in Sarweakai Fort, Mahsud Levies, early aircraft at Sarweakai Aerodrome including bombers of the period, Christmas Day 1920 at Wana, the destruction of a Wazir village, Mahsuds ambush a convoy and clearing up after the fight and many other interesting aspects, some scuffing to the outer boards but generally good condition for age £200-300