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‘The Colonies Rally Round the Old Flag of England’, commemorative printed handkerchief, 1899 (c)
handkerchief, handkerchief
Accession Number

NAM.1961-12-676-1

Description

Printed handkerchief, inscr ‘Colonies of England’, ‘The Colonies rally round the old flag of England’, with a portrait of Gen Sir Redvers Buller, 1899 (c). Cotton, probably produced in England to commemorate the outbreak of the Boer War, 1899 (c). With colonial cavalry and infantrymen, a coronet and sprays of laurel in colour, and inscription; white, printed in pink, orange, red, white, blue. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Inscribed: ‘The Colonies Rally round the old flag of England’, and ‘Queensland Mounted Rifles/ South Australia/ Lancers/ Cape Mounted/ Rifles/ New South Wales Lancers’; and below this a group of figures: ‘Hong-Kong Volunteer Corps/ Australian Infantry/ Cape Town Highlander/ Canadian Rifle Man/ The Motor Gun Carriage’

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)