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CASED BINOCULARS ( Sir J C E SHELLEY)
Sir John Courtown Edward Shelley-Rolls 6th Bt was a Baronet of the famous Shelley family and assumed the additional -Rolls to his surname later in life (1917). Educated at Wellington College, born 5th August 1871. Commissioned into the Scots Guards he saw action during the South African War. In the Gt War he commanded the 3rd Queens Westminster Cadet Battalion. He married Eleanor Georgina Rolls Daughter of Baron Llangattock ( John Allen Rolls) of Rolls - Royce fame. C P Goerz of Berlin marked Binoculars, 12x Army Trieder DRP markings and his name. Brown leather case complete but needs some repair to stitching.
