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    Sale 4960

    European Furniture, Works of Arts, Tapestries and Carpets

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    12 September 2006

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    • A FRENCH SILVER HANDLED WALKIN
    Lot 300

    A FRENCH SILVER HANDLED WALKING STICK

    PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION DATED 1949

    Price realised

    GBP 2,160

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    A FRENCH SILVER HANDLED WALKING STICK
    PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION DATED 1949
    With an ebony handle and horn ferrule, the handle modelled as a pouncing lion, the back of the handle engraved with the Town arms and motto of Vernon
    35in. (89cm.)

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    Lot Essay

    Vernon is the town where Montgomery crossed the Seine on the 1st Septmeber 1944. The British lost 600 men in 4 days, the Germans 1600 men. But this victory was crucial. It made it possible for the allied troops to go on with their march upon the East. A street in Vernon is named after him, it is one of the numerous testimonies of gratefulness from the inhabitants of the city for their Liberation. We can assume that the date of May 1949 is when Montgomery would have returned as a N.A.T.O. general after the war.

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