The Boss

 

The Boss’

Portrait of Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,

K.B.E., D.C.O. and three bars (1889 – 1963)

Rudolf Boelee

Acrylic on hessian on board

$2500

Lieutenant General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO and three Bars , arguably New Zealand's most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General of New Zealand. He became an officer in the British Army in World War I, during which he won the Victoria Cross and became one of the British Empire's most highly decorated soldiers during the Second World War, he commanded the New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Crete, the North African Campaign and the Battle of Monte Cassino