Textile - Silk handkerchief and presentation box, Silk handkerchief from Gibraltar, 08/10/2025

Historical information

Charles Bellchambers sent this handkerchief to his mother from Gibraltar

Significance

Charles' brother Henry Arthur Bellchambers was killed in action 1917

Physical description

cream embroidered silk handkerchief with green edging and two flags embroidered. Presented in a small wooden box

Inscriptions & markings

Gibraltar Present. Two flags; the British flag and the St. George Flag, with a small inset British flag. All embroidered

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