Autograph request
Sent by Bray to Brig. Gen., E.Y. (Cigarette card featuring General Brabant) CMG, Field Forces, Ficksburg, Orange River Colony on 29th July 1900 requesting his autograph.
Postcard with a cigarette card attached with the name portion removed leaving the postal authorities the challenge of identifying the intended recipient.
Major-General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant, KCB, CMG (born 1839), was a South African colonial military commander. He served in the 9th Xhosa War (1877-1878), First Matabele War (1893-1894), and other campaigns. During the Second Boer War (1899-1902), he commanded the Colonial Division in 1900, and the Colonial Defence Force of Cape Colony in 1901.
