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Rhine-Palatinate

at the time of her wedding

A macaroni (possibly George Colman) standing outside entrance to Covent Garden Theatre has snatched the wig off the head of a smaller man

Found in the collection of the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia

King George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards Size:L: 90 x 60cm Rhine-PalatinateKing George V awarding the Victoria Cross to Private Wilfred Edwards, 1917. George V (1865 1936) presenting Edwards with his medal at an open air investiture at Buckingham Palace. Edwards (1893 1972) served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He won his VC for his actions at Langemarck, Belgium, during the Battle of Passchendaele. He was later promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and re enlisted in the KOYLI at the outbreak of the Second

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