Lot 05650

An original WWI souvenir, an embroidered cloth & deep claret silk square cushion cover “Souvenir of Salonica 1917”, beautifully hand-crafted with an ornate embroidery of Army Service Corps cipher “Honi soit qui mal y pense” (the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter) topped by Eastern Orthodox style crown,with a gold metal thread fringe with silk inner on all four sides and measuring 48×45 cm, artistically framed and ready to hang.