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Object description
Shortly after the arrival of the Royal Navy's frigate HMS Waveney at Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam), a kukri is presented by 1st Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles to Captain Scott-Bell, Royal Navy, with Major-General Douglas Gracey in attendance.
Full description
Major-General Gracey arrives to meet Captain Thomas Scott-Bell, Royal Navy; a Royal Navy guard of honour presents arms followed by a guard of 1st Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles. Subedar-Major Dal Bahadur Thapa, with Gracey by his side, presents Scott-Bell with a kukri. Gracey addresses the Gurkhas (in Gurkahli?). Thapa, Gracey and Scott-Bell; Scott-Bell takes an interest in the kukri's scabbard. Three bagpipers; two Gurkhas and one sailor. A group of Gurkhas go aboard the frigate HMS Waveney. They climb a ladder up the superstructure. The Gurkhas are shown a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun.
Physical description
35mm