RS085B Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey (rectangular base)

Name: RS085B Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey (rectangular base)
SKU: 45981
Price: 43.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£43.00

Categories: Allied Forces, The 20th Century Collection, World War 2

Description

Blamey was a career soldier who served in both world wars and was the only Australian officer to achieve the rank of Field Marshall. He was present on the USS Missouri in 1945 and accepted the Japanese surrender on behalf of the Australian government. Blamey died in 1951, it is estimated 20,000 people filed past his coffin whilst it lay in state and up to 300,000 attended his funeral in Melbourne.

This version comes with rectangular base.

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