A GEORGE VI SILVER AND ENAMEL FREEDOM CASKET MARK OF EDWARD BARNARD AND SONS, LONDON, 1949 Oblong on four panel feet, with canted reeded corners and applied reeded bands, the hinged cover with a raised central platform, one side engraved with an inscription, the other applied with an enamelled coat-of-arms, the interior wood lined and fitted with a silk insert, marked on side and inside cover : and an ivory scroll holder, applied with three white metal bands and containing a scroll presented to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Dutchess of Gloucester, signed by Fatehali Dhala, President of H.H. The Aga Khan Ismalia Supreme council for Africa, Mombassa and Eboo Pirbhai, O.B.E., President H.H. The Aga Khan Ismailia Provincial Council, Nairobi, circa 1949 5he box 10¼ in. (26 cm.) long The inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER K.G. ON HIS BEING ADMITTED THE FIRST HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE CITY OF NAIROBI 31ST MARCH 1950.' The enamelled arms are those of the City of Nairobi. (2)
A GEORGE VI SILVER AND ENAMEL FREEDOM CASKET MARK OF EDWARD BARNARD AND SONS, LONDON, 1949 Oblong on four panel feet, with canted reeded corners and applied reeded bands, the hinged cover with a raised central platform, one side engraved with an inscription, the other applied with an enamelled coat-of-arms, the interior wood lined and fitted with a silk insert, marked on side and inside cover : and an ivory scroll holder, applied with three white metal bands and containing a scroll presented to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Dutchess of Gloucester, signed by Fatehali Dhala, President of H.H. The Aga Khan Ismalia Supreme council for Africa, Mombassa and Eboo Pirbhai, O.B.E., President H.H. The Aga Khan Ismailia Provincial Council, Nairobi, circa 1949 5he box 10¼ in. (26 cm.) long The inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER K.G. ON HIS BEING ADMITTED THE FIRST HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE CITY OF NAIROBI 31ST MARCH 1950.' The enamelled arms are those of the City of Nairobi. (2)
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