RARE WWI LORD KITCHENER"CANADA" WATCH FOB,XLNT!,NO RES!
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RARE WWI LORD KITCHENER "CANADA" WATCH FOB, EXCELELNT!! NO RESERVE!! NOTE: THIS IS A RE-LISTING OF AN ITEM THAT SOLD LATE LAST YEAR BUT WAS NEVER PAID FOR!! A BIT OF HISTORY : LORD KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM (1850-1916) WAS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR THE FAMOUS WWI RECRUITMENT POSTERS BEARING HIS HEAVILY MOUSTACHIOED FACE AND POINTING HAND OVER THE LEGEND, " YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU." AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR I KITCHENER ORGANIZED BRITISH ARMIES ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE AND BECAME A SYMBOL OF THE NATIONAL WILL TO WIN (THE FAMOUS NORMAN ROCKWELL WWI POSTER OF UNCLE SAM POINTING WAS A TAKE-OFF OF THE KITCHENER POSTER!). THIS RARE AND UNIQUE WATCH FOB IS A MEMENTO OF HIS CANADIAN REGIMENT AND DEPICTS KITCHENER IN BAS-RELIEF PROFILE SURROUNDED BY THE LEGEND "FIELD MARSHALL EARL KITCHENER" WITH "CANADA" ARCED ACROSS THE TOP. THE FOB IS OF HARDENED STEEL OVERLAID WITH COPPER, MEASURES 30x45mm AT THE EXTREMES, AND OTHER THAN SOME NORMAL AGE-RUBBING ON THE OBVERSE AND WEAR RUBBING AND MINOR SCRATCHING TO THE REVERSE, IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR IT'S OBVIOUS VINTAGE, WITH NO DINGS OR DENTS EVIDENT ( DARKNESS IS FROM HIGH REFLECTIVITY OF STEEL ). WE'RE OFFERING THIS OUTSTANDING ITEM OF BRITISH/CANADIAN WWI MEMORABILIA IN A NO RESERVE, BUY-IT- NOW AUCTION AT VERY FRIENDLY OPENING BID AND "COME-AND-GET-IT" PRICES
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