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Description: | Wm Varney Joslen Duke of Cornwall's 17th Regiment, Royal Flying Corps [label] m. Sonia Rodker 5/6/'23 (see
Rosenberg)
frame transcribed 'Made by E Hatoum, Cairo'
image: photograph of a RFC officer in an ornate inlaid frame. Top section inlaid in Moorish tile pattern with a central
design based on the RFC badge, complete with initials, Imperial crown, laurel leaves and wings. Either side of the photograph with its
border of wood and ivory bands are two lists made of mother-of pearl thus (left & right); 1914 FALMOUTH WINCHESTER 1915 FALMOUTH
PLYMOUTH FALMOUTH SANDOWN DEVONPORT SALONICA SERBIA 1916 SALONICA SYRUMA VALLEY ALEXANDRIA CAIRO 1917 ALEXANDRIA SUEZ ADEN
ARABIA INDIA LAHORE DALHOUSIE NWFP MUSSOORIE NWFP NAINITAL LAHORE NWFP 1918 NWFP BOMBAY ALEXANDRIA CAIRO ISMAILIA. Lower
section de orated in Moorish tile pattern with a central design of the RFC motto ONE AND ALL with a shield surmounted by a
crown. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | William Varney Royal Air Force Military Personnel portrait / personification Joslen | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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