Bidspirit auction | WW1 commemorative spoon - General
WW1 commemorative spoon - General French - Commemorative souvenir spoon, possibly part of a set featuring military figures like those issued by Caron Bros. or Roger Bros. Silversmiths to commemorate World War I. Field Marshal Sir John French (1st Earl of Ypres) was a senior British Army officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from August 1914 to December 1915. He led the initial British involvement in WWI but was replaced due to high casualties and strained relations with allies and superiors