Silver, Vertu, Coins & Medals - 14th and 15th July - 14 Jul 2015
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Boer War interest
Boer War interest, a silver and enamel cigarette case,
by Saunders and Shepherd, Birmingham 1899,
rectangular form, the cover enamelled with a scene of an injured soldier, and titled 'A Gentleman in Kharki', length 8.3cm, approx. weight 3oz.
A Gentleman in Kharki comes from a line in the Rudyard Kipling poem 'The Absent Minded Beggar'.