1927 - Signed photographic Portrait of by Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) - Colonel-In-Chief of The Canadian Grenadier Guards (1936) as a gift to CGG during the 1927 royal tour of Canada - signed and framed by Famous British Photographer Carl Vandyk

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Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

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1927 - Signed photographic Portrait of by Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) - Colonel-In-Chief of The Canadian Grenadier Guards (1936) as a gift to CGG during the 1927 royal tour of Canada - signed and framed by Famous British Photographer Carl Vandyk. This Photo was the 1927 official photograph used by HRH Edward and shows him mounted on a stead wearing the full-dress Colonel's uniform of the Welsh Guards (UK). INSCRIPTION: Signed by HM Edward VIII in 1927 "To H.M.'s (His Majesty's) Regiment of Canadian Grenadier Guards from Edward 'P' (Prince of Wales) ABOUT THE ARTIST: CARL VANDYK Carl Vandyk (1851–1931) was a successful London photographer born in Bunde, Germany. From 1882 he owned a studio and took many famous images of the British and European Royal Families and personalities of the era including Queen Victoria, King George V as well as other notables such as Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Christian X of Denmark, Buffalo Bill and Enrico Caruso. From 1901 the studio moved to Buckingham Palace Road, London. Carl Vandyk owned three London hotels: The Rembrandt Hotel The Rubens Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London The Vandyke Hotel, Cromwell Road, London

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Zarina Carlevaris

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August 13, 2022

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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May 3, 2025