Pair of Silver Candlesticks - Australian Anzac history.
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Pair of Hallmarked Sterling Silver Candlesticks which were presented "To Mrs Spencer Browne from Warrant and Noncommissioned Officers & Men of MonteVideo and Westham Camps No 2 Aust. Command Depot. Weymouth, 1917."
Weymouth is in Dorset, UK where an old naval base was set up to receive Australian casualties from Gallipoli to convalesce. There is a memorial to the Anzacs there and many streets are named after Australian cities. Major General Reginald Browne served in the Australian Army from 1887-1921. His second wife at the time of WWI was Catherine Fraser Munro, a noted musician and amateur actress.
Made by Walker & Hall of Sheffield.