{"product_id":"original-british-1923-silver-hallmarked-officer-swagger-stick-royal-army-medical-corps-ramc","title":"Original British 1923 Silver Hallmarked Officer Swagger Stick - Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very high quality private purchase officer's deluxe swagger stick of the finest malacca cane with solid silver hallmarked mounts. The top mount fully embossed with the Royal Army Medical Corp regimental device. It was made in 1923 just after the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHallmarks are as follows:\t\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e•\tFN into a rectangle for Frederick Narborough, Whip mounter at 53 Green Street, Doriton,\u003cbr\u003e\n•\tAnchor and Lion for Birmingham\u003cbr\u003e\n•\tY date 1923 hallmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe RAMC began to develop during the Boer War, but it was during the First World War that it reached its apogee both in size and experience. The RAMC itself lost 743 officers and 6130 soldiers killed in the war. During Britain's colonial days the RAMC set up clinics and hospitals in countries where British troops could be found. Major-General Sir William Macpherson of the RAMC wrote the official Medical History of the War (HMSO 1922). Its main base was for long the Queen Alexandra Hospital Millbank (now closed). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26168248517,"sku":"ON8849","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/on8848__1_1.jpg?v=1603377765","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-british-1923-silver-hallmarked-officer-swagger-stick-royal-army-medical-corps-ramc","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}