Description
5th Baronet of the 60th Rifles while serving in India
The wood stock is near perfect with no dings and shows oil stain streaks from long storage in a gun rack
From time to time weak POWs would drop out of the column and wait to be picked up by other columns which were on the move
The battalion went to Cyprus as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus for six months in 1965 and then to Fort George in 1967
Original British WWII Hip Flask Inscribed to Officer of HMS Violet (K35) that Sunk U-Boat U-641 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets 5th Baronet of the 60thOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fine nickel plated quality "hip flask" now almost all brass in appearance from years and years of use and polishing. The flask, in very nice condition, bears an inscription as follows: U641 SUNK 50 25'N 18 49W CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FROM YOUR BROTHER OFFICERS H. M. S. VIOLET", 20th NOVEMBER 1944 U 641 was a German U Boat of the Type VIIC class. It was ordered from BLOHM & VOSS of HAMBURG on January 20th