- Title:
- Car pennant, used by General Sir Frank Messervy, Pakistan Army, 1947-1948.
- Object name(s):
- pennant, car
- Brief description:
- Car pennant, used by General Sir Frank Messervy, Pakistan Army, 1947-1948. Messervy used this car pennant when he was Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army between 1947 to 1948. Pakistan was established in August 1947 following the Partition of India. This resulted in a huge number of displaced people and violent outbursts and many lives were tragically lost. Messervy retired in 1948 and was granted the honorary rank of general for his service.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Flags and Colours
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- pennant, car
- Object number:
- NAM. 1974-08-98-10
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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