Smile please, you're on canvas
From the Mail on Sunday (someone cleverer than me may provide a link). General Sir David Richards' appointment as the first UK soldier since WW2 to command a multi national force (in Afghanistan) has been commemorated in an £80k oil painting of he and his staff at work in the Herat command centre.
The kicker is that the cost is apparently being recovered from a £20-30 mess subsciption from the ARRC HQ officers mess.
Not surprised at this, considering the Army track record of Mess Silver charges, but thought it worthy of being run up the flagpole.
Could an RAF commander get away with this and does the historical record/ego trip (delete as..) represent value for money?