Bidspirit auction | BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941)

BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) - BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement. T.L.S., Robert Baden Powell , one page, 4to, Victoria Street, London, 28th February 1916, to Lieutenant Victor C. Roberts of the 7th Highland Light Infantry, on the blind embossed stationery of the Boy Scouts. Baden-Powell thanks his correspondent for having let him see their notes on sniping and continues to remark ´I too have been going into the question at the front since sniping is of such importance in trench warfare. I hope that you have found, as other Officers have told me, that the Scout´s training is a very helpful one towards making men efficient snipers´ . Some light overall age wear and creasing, and with a neat split to the right edge of the central horizontal fold, G