Major - General BADEN POWELL

EMPIRE DEFENDERS

Woven on Silk:-

ribbon with words:-
HERO OF MAFEKING

Printed at top of card:-

EMPIRE DEFENDERS.

Printed at bottom of card:-

woven in pure silk.

MAJOR - GENERAL BADEN POWELL

Card-mount:
17.8cm deep by 14.0cm wide

silk:
12.7cm high by 6.7cm wide

by Geoffrey Godden:
Other than General Sir George White, V.C., Godden does not record any of the Grant silk under the general title of 'EMPIRE DEFENDERS'.

Other comments:
This silk is the Grant number 112.

The reverse of this card mount is blank, other than for an unknown reason, is printed:

" Made in Switzerland. "

The 'EMPIRE DEFENDERS' silks comprise:

General Sir Redvers Buller, V.C. [go120]

Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. [go244]

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C. [go264]

General Sir George White, V.C. [go312]

Baden-Powell [image above]

The following is an interesting variant, as an apparant seller of the silk over-printed their own advertising.

Portrait of Major-General Baden Powell, with title Empire Defenders, and overprinted with suppliers name

same portrait, but card mount over-printed with
" From J. S. Davies & Co., Drapers, Dowlais "

This page was created on 23 October 2004
new improved image added 8 July 2017, and over-printed image added 8 July 2017 © Peter Daws - Stevengraph-Silks

Reference Number:-	Godden Number:-	Sprake Number:-
go 72	not listed	Sprake did not record any Grants

Words:	Woven on Silk:- ribbon with words:- HERO OF MAFEKING Printed at top of card:- EMPIRE DEFENDERS. Printed at bottom of card:- woven in pure silk. MAJOR - GENERAL BADEN POWELL
Size:	Card-mount: 17.8cm deep by 14.0cm wide silk: 12.7cm high by 6.7cm wide
Comments:	by Geoffrey Godden: Other than General Sir George White, V.C., Godden does not record any of the Grant silk under the general title of 'EMPIRE DEFENDERS'. Other comments: This silk is the Grant number 112. The reverse of this card mount is blank, other than for an unknown reason, is printed: " Made in Switzerland. " The 'EMPIRE DEFENDERS' silks comprise: General Sir Redvers Buller, V.C. [go120] Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. [go244] Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C. [go264] General Sir George White, V.C. [go312] Baden-Powell [image above] The following is an interesting variant, as an apparant seller of the silk over-printed their own advertising. same portrait, but card mount over-printed with " From J. S. Davies & Co., Drapers, Dowlais "