A Silver Military Presentation Desk Piece, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London, 1899

depicting representatives of the Russian and British military forces on a silver pedestal on which is engraved a map of the region of Afghanistan, the sides of the pedestal inscribed Presented to Lt. Col. C.E. Yate, C.S.I. C.M.C. on his Marriage by A.C.Y. and M.P.Y. 18th March 1899 / to Commemorate the Erection of the Last Pillar of the Russian Afghan Frontier Settlement on the Banks of the Oxus / By Lieut. Col. C.E. Yate, the British Commissioner and Capt. Komaroff the Russian Commissioner, on January 18th, 1888

overall good condition; with some small scuffing to ebonized wood base
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