Canada, CEF. A Signed Souvenir Article & Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Bishop, V.C. United Republic of measures 68mm (w) x 125

measures 68mm (w) x 125 mm (h) x 22 mm (d)

obverse with dual stays and a principle pin assembly

measuring 42 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

This transitional knife remains in a very fine condition

reverse centre with enameled blue-pale medallion depicting a gilded scroll of the Bill of Rights

Canada, CEF. A Signed Souvenir Article & Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Bishop, V.C. United Republic of measures 68mm (w) x 125Illustrating a large photo of Lieutenant Colonel William A. Bishop above the text, inscribed "LT. COLONEL W. A. BISHOP, V. C., D. S. O., M. C., D. F. C. NECESSITY is the Mother of Invention, and at the beginning of this war the necessity for better aeroplanes was strongly felt, with the result that in four years of war they progressed to a higher degree of development then they would otherwise have done in ten years. They were undoubtedly a tremendous