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A Boer POW walking stick with book Portraying the POW (W.…
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Perth
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4-Aug-2015
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A Boer POW walking stick with book Portraying the POW (W. Greeff) in group photograph the stick bears his name, district (Kristement Fontein), POW camp partially showing port Alfred dated 4 April 1902. Length 100 cm. (AF-early repair to shaft) book: 'Prisoners Voices', Speeches and sermons held in prison Graaf Reinet in the months after of March, April and May of 1901 by the prisoner C.H. Radloff, Pastor of Pearston, Amsterdam, Kaapstad 1903 note: See attachment, a translated section from Dutch to English of how the sticks came about and evolved into a craft industry
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