NAM.1996-04-68-1

Cotton handkerchief embroidered in silk by Dutch admirers for Capt Wallis when D Troop, 126 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RA (9th Bn Middlesex Regiment) was in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in 1944. White cotton fabric and silk thread handkerchief with 1/2 in hem at each edge. In one corner the following embroidered legend: ‘D TROOP (in blue) / 1145 (in red) / LEVE CAPT. (in green) WALLIS (in yellow) / AND HIS STAFF (in green)’ underlined in yellow. In the opposite corner a union flag embroidered proper with yellow staff, above which the following: ‘LEVE (in red) ENGELAND (in blue)’. Between the two corners at edge below hem the following: ‘HULDE EN DANK AAN ONZE DAPPERE BEVRYDERS. (in red) / 24 OCTOBER 1944 (in blue)’. In the remaining two corners the following: in one corner ‘APPORLOGENB-OSCH / 24 OCT 1944 in yellow with yellow and black bands of satin stitch above and below. In the fourth corner the following: a flag of horizontal stripes in red, white and blue with yellow staff, above which the following: ‘LEVE - (in blue) / NEDERLAND (in yellow)’. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).

World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)