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The Royal Book of Remembrance
Harry Green (bookbinder); James Forman (scribe)1934/1954
Shrine of Remembrance
Melbourne, Australia
This book was signed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh when they dedicated the Second World War Forecourt in 1954. Their signatures were added on the opposite page to that of King George V, the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, who had signed the book when it was sent to England before the dedication of the Shrine of Remembrance in 1934.
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Details
- Title: The Royal Book of Remembrance
- Creator: Harry Green (bookbinder); James Forman (scribe)
- Date: 1934/1954
- Location Created: Melbourne, Australia
- Physical Dimensions: 20.5 x 41.5 cm (open)
- Image credit: © John Gollings
- Type: Book
- External Link: Shrine of Remembrance
- Medium: manuscript: pen and ink with watercolour and gouache on parchment, 20 pages, leather cover, blue and gold tooling, glued and stitched binding
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