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FRANCOIS DARLAN

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
FRANCOIS DARLAN
(1881 - 1942) French naval officer, Admiral of the Fleet, and a major figure of the Vichy regime. Compelled by the American and British to comply, he turned over French forces in North Africa in exchange for a position as head of the French administration. Assassinated by a monarchist. Rare A.L.S. on the verso of a photo postcard depicting the cruiser LIBERTE underway, St. Nazaire, July 5, 1909, writing to a lady that the entire fleet which passed before an academy was "magnificent". Very good.

Estimate: $400 - 500.

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