United Kingdom. A Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, 1940 Auction Archive Footnote: Private Alvin A

Footnote: Private Alvin A

surrounded by a red enamelled ring inscribed PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (Through Thick to the Light)

79mm (h) and weighing at 23

thereby earning multiple wound awards (black and gold)

in silvered tombac (silvering nearly completely worn)

United Kingdom. A Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, 1940 Auction Archive Footnote: Private Alvin AA large black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II in pearls and a tiara, mounted to a cardstock backing, with Elizabeth R 1940 facsimile signature, copyright mark to Dorothy Wilding in the bottom right corner, measures 30cm (w) x 38 cm (h), reverse marked with tape and scuffs, corners showing wear, very fine. Footnote: Elizabeth II (19262022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death, making her