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His Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
The Honorable Corps of the Gentlemen at Arms is a body guard to the British monarch. They last saw battle during the English civil war. Their uniform is of a Dragoon Guards officer of the 1840s. The building on the bookplate is St. James's Palace on Pall Mall in London. There are variants.
Date: 1911
Paper size: 133 x 101 mm
Design: 105 x 76 mm max
Credit: W.P.B. (William Phillips Barrett)
Designer: Robert Osmond (Lee, 1998: 191)
Proof: MH
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