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Memorabilia Commemorating the End of the Boer War, an attractive china wall plaque, oval, 31x 28cm. (approx.), with scalloped edges, featuring a Boer and British soldier shaking hands as an Angel of Peace looks on; a commemorative mug, bearing a similar design plus portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; a silk handkerchief, embroidered, ‘Peace at Last, a Present from South Africa’; an original photograph of the Thanksgiving Service in Pretoria, 8 June 1902, mounted on card, slight damage; a modern reproduction of a photograph of the Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd. ‘Peace and Friendship’ commemoration cart; printed bilingual order of service for the Thanksgiving Service at Bloemfontein, 8 June 1902, distressed and repaired; a book of 12 photographs, Views of Bloemfontein, sent home in 1901 by a member of the Royal Irish Rifles, generally good condition except where stated (7) £70-90
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