Folk Art Treen Case Relating To Britain’s First Ever Military Use Of A Bomb Squad With Local Yorkshire Interest
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A Cigarette Case Hand Engraved By A Soldier Of Britain’s First Ever Bomb Squad, With A Yorkshire Connection.
It Has The Artists Initials To The Lower Left Corner And Depicts A Soldier Carrying Out A Land Scan With A Bomb Detector. It Also Lists The Areas In Which This Person Carried Out Their Work, Including Pickering, Guisborough, Barnard Castle And Otley.
With the deluge of bombs that resulted from the withdrawal of our forces through Dunkirk and elsewhere, there can be no doubt that the brave work carried out by these teams prevented many, many more casualties.
Condition is good, commensurate with age and use. Structurally sound and functions well.
Measures 11cm x 7.2cm x 1.6cm
Weighs 46.35 grams