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A diamond cross pendant, circa 1890, set throughout with old brilliant-cut diamonds,...

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A diamond cross pendant, circa 1890, set throughout with old brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, case by S. J. Phillips Ltd., total diamond weight approximately 4.10 carats, length 5.5cm. £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Formerly the Property of Field Marshal Birdwood, thence by family descent. Sir W. R. Birdwood (1865 - 1951) Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First Word War as commander of the Australian and New Zealand forces (Anzacs) during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, leading the landings on the peninsula and the evacuation later that year before becoming Commander in Chief of the Fifth Army on the Western Front during the closing stages of the war. He was promoted to General in 1917 and toured Australia in 1920 to great acclaim. After the First World War he commanded the northern army in India and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1925. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Birdwood of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon in 1938 in recognition of his wartime service. Condition Report Diamonds bright and lively - graded in settings as approximately H-K colour and VS2-SI2 clarity. Gallery to bottom of cross slightly flattened. Gross weight 6.6gm. Image caption: General Sir W. R. Birdwood, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. from Gallipoli Diary, Vol. 2 by Sir Ian Hamilton. Photograph by Elliott & Fry, circa 1920.
A diamond cross pendant, circa 1890, set throughout with old brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, case by S. J. Phillips Ltd., total diamond weight approximately 4.10 carats, length 5.5cm. £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Formerly the Property of Field Marshal Birdwood, thence by family descent. Sir W. R. Birdwood (1865 - 1951) Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First Word War as commander of the Australian and New Zealand forces (Anzacs) during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, leading the landings on the peninsula and the evacuation later that year before becoming Commander in Chief of the Fifth Army on the Western Front during the closing stages of the war. He was promoted to General in 1917 and toured Australia in 1920 to great acclaim. After the First World War he commanded the northern army in India and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1925. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Birdwood of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon in 1938 in recognition of his wartime service. Condition Report Diamonds bright and lively - graded in settings as approximately H-K colour and VS2-SI2 clarity. Gallery to bottom of cross slightly flattened. Gross weight 6.6gm. Image caption: General Sir W. R. Birdwood, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. from Gallipoli Diary, Vol. 2 by Sir Ian Hamilton. Photograph by Elliott & Fry, circa 1920.

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