Lot 123: A First World War Memorial Plaque and Scroll to Herbert Sharp

A First World War Memorial Plaque and associated ephemera. The circular bronze plaque is cast with the standing figure of Britannia holding a trident and a laurel wreath, accompanied by a lion in the foreground and dolphins in the field. The border is cast with the legend HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR. A rectangular tablet features the cast name HERBERT SHARP. The artist’s initials E.C.P. are cast at the lower right. The lot includes a paper memorial scroll with a red royal crest and the heading BUCKINGHAM PALACE, featuring a printed message beginning I JOIN WITH MY GRATEFUL PEOPLE and a facsimile signature of King George V reading GEORGE R.I. Also present is the original dark card protective folder and a heavily damaged paper mailing envelope addressed to MR. F. SHARP, WALPOLE ST. ANDREWS NR. WISBECH, with return addresses for C. S. O. F. (PLAQUE SECTION), ROYAL ARSENAL, LONDON, S.E. 18 and THE MANAGER, MEMORIAL PLAQUE FACTORY, 54/56 CHURCH ROAD, ACTON, W. 3.