Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Kodendera Madappa Cariappa with his Aides de Camp and Staff NPG x86616

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Elliott & Fry

Cariappa was amongst the first batch of Indians to be recruited to the Army for training in India After World War I, when there was mounting pressure from Indian politicians for the British to start recruiting Indian officers to the British military in India. He graduated from Daly Cadet College, Indore in 1919, scoring seventh top of his class. During his early career he toured Europe, United States, Japan, and China. His nickname "Kipper" was given by a British officer's wife, who found his name... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.