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Auction: 24025 - Historical Documents Featuring the Major David Cecil Underwood Jr Collection of Royal Visits to India 1876-1906
Lot: 165

(x) The Major David Cecil Underwood Jr. Collection
Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood (1865-1951)
Wooden walking stick with his name "Sir William Birwood / C.in.C" (sic) carved near the handle. Probably a local gift to him while Commander-in-Chief India 1925. Was commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 (36 inches long)

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