Lot 86 , A George V silver tobacco box with hinged cover constructed around stained glass and presented as two arched windows, with engraved inscription, ‘Glass from the North Windows of Ypres Cathedral, April 18th 1915’. 'Found

A George V silver tobacco box with hinged cover constructed around stained glass and presented as two arched windows, with engraved inscription, ‘Glass from the North Windows of Ypres Cathedral, April 18th 1915’. 'Found by Major Arbuthnot Scots Guards on taking over Queen Alexandria’s Gifts’, maker Henry Lambert, London, 1915, of octagonal form, with correspondence from the Headquarters of the Scots Guards dated 1984, length 16.2cm, gross weight 615 grams.
£400-600