Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 1

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<p>Dozens of lots shall include prominent figures and events of the Civil War, including rare war-date documents signed by Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, George E. Picket, Hiram B. Granby, John Hunt Morgan and numerous others, as well as several fine correspondences including an 1863 soldier's diary with Gettysburg content. We are also pleased to feature a fine archive of material which include letters of Diego Rivera and Freda Kahlo relative to the painting and installation of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center. Other fine properties include an original house plan by Frank Lloyd Wright; two triple signed checks, one by Theodore Roosevelt and the other by Richard Nixon; a rare A.L.S. of John A. Sutter; a circular letter singed by Thomas Jefferson defending his oft-criticized embargo; a superb and rare British cavalry officers' account of the battle of Waterloo; original drawings by Jack Kerouac, Bugsy Siegel's green velour fedora; and many other fine properties.
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We will hold public viewings for lots offered at our Greenwich offices on Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Monday, June 24. Hours for the public viewings will be from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Viewings at our offices may be also be arranged by appointment.
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Our offices are located at 100 Melrose Avenue, Suite 100 which is just off West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, Connecticut. If you are unable to attend for any reason, phone lines will also be available for bidding. You may also bid over the Internet through ebayliveauctions.com. Registration for this service should be available by June 14 at the latest.
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We hope you can join us for this important and exciting event!
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HITLER, ADOLF251 - HITLER, ADOLF
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa a...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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HITLER, ADOLF252 - HITLER, ADOLF
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa a...
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LATERAN TREATY SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH253 - LATERAN TREATY SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
Alexander Autographs
A most important S.P. 18" x 14" b/w, showing the signatories to the Lateran Treaty, BENITO MUSSOLINI and PIETRO CARDINAL GASPARRI as they ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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MUSSOLINI, BENITO254 - MUSSOLINI, BENITO
Alexander Autographs
(1883 - 1945) Italian dictator whose fascist supporters marched on Rome, securing him power; allied with Hitler, after many military and political se
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN DE255 - ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN DE
Alexander Autographs
(1758 - 1794) French revolutionary and leader of the Montagnards, he brought on the Reign of Terror, sending his friends Desmoulins and Danton to the
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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GUILLOTIN, JOSEPH-IGNACE256 - GUILLOTIN, JOSEPH-IGNACE
Alexander Autographs
(1738 - 1814) French physician and politician, a defender of capital punishment who proposed the use of the beheading machine later named after him a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON257 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON258 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON259 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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MARIE LOUISE260 - MARIE LOUISE
Alexander Autographs
(1791 - 1847) Second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon II, fled to Vienna following Napoleon's abdication. A.L.S. "Louise&quo...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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FRANZ JOSEF I261 - FRANZ JOSEF I
Alexander Autographs
(1830 - 1916) King of Hungary, the last significant Hapsburg monarch. Fine, ornate and unusually attractive D.S. "Franzjosef" 7pp. folio, ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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MEDICI, MARIE DE262 - MEDICI, MARIE DE
Alexander Autographs
(1573 - 1642) Queen of Henry IV of France, after whose murder she was made regent of Louis XIII, banished from France following her attempts to pers
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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WILLIAM III263 - WILLIAM III
Alexander Autographs
(1650 - 1702) King of England who reigned jointly with Mary II. Rare L.S. "Giugliemus R." 2pp. tall 4to., [n.p.], Sept. 1, 1699, a formal ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS264 - GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
Alexander Autographs
(1594 - 1632) Swedish King during one of her most glorious periods, he was named by Napoleon as one of the eight greatest military captains in history
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE265 - SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE
Alexander Autographs
(1794 - 1876) Mexican general and politician, a President of Mexico who sought to crush the Texas Revolution, seizing the Alamo only be defeated by S
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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BATISTA, FULGENCIO266 - BATISTA, FULGENCIO
Alexander Autographs
(1901 - 1973) Cuban soldier and corrupt dictator whose brutal regime was overthrown by Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959. Early typed D.S. 1p. ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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(ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO)267 - (ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO)
Alexander Autographs
Extraordinary content A.L. (retained draft), 9pp. small 4to., "Le Cateau", June 24, 1815 in which a calvary officer writes to his father ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON268 - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Alexander Autographs
(1769 - 1821) The "Little Corporal" whose brilliance in the field of battle and as Emperor of France has made him perhaps the most importa...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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(FRENCH MILITARY)270 - (FRENCH MILITARY)
Alexander Autographs
A neat grouping of French military figures in various formats, including: NICHOLAS-JEAN DIEU DE SOULT (French marshal under Napoleon), nine D.S....
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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PATTON, GEORGE S.271 - PATTON, GEORGE S.
Alexander Autographs
(1885 - 1945) "Old Blood and Guts" was one of the finest tank commanders in history, rolling his forces through Tunesia, Sicily, France a...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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PATTON, GEORGE S.272 - PATTON, GEORGE S.
Alexander Autographs
(1885 - 1945) "Old Blood and Guts" was one of the finest tank commanders in history, rolling his forces through Tunisia, Sicily, France a...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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PATTON, GEORGE S.273 - PATTON, GEORGE S.
Alexander Autographs
(1885 - 1945) "Old Blood and Guts" was one of the finest tank commanders in history, rolling his forces through Tunisia, Sicily, France a...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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PATTON, GEORGE S.274 - PATTON, GEORGE S.
Alexander Autographs
(1885 - 1945) "Old Blood and Guts" was one of the finest tank commanders in history, rolling his forces through Tunisia, Sicily, France a...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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AUDIE MURPHY`S EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN
CAMPAIGN MEDAL275 - AUDIE MURPHY`S EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
Alexander Autographs
AUDIE L. MURPHY (1924 - 1971) Most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. Among his 33 awards and decorations was the Medal of Honor, also r
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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NIMITZ, CHESTER W.276 - NIMITZ, CHESTER W.
Alexander Autographs
(1885 - 1966) American admiral, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II and largely responsible for the sucessful "i...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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SHORT, WALTER C.277 - SHORT, WALTER C.
Alexander Autographs
(1880 - 1949) American general responsible for the air and ground defense of Pearl Harbor. After the Japanese attack, Short and Adm. Husband E. Kimme
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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(MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY)278 - (MCAULIFFE, ANTHONY)
Alexander Autographs
(1898 - 1975) American Army general who held Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, remembered for his reply to a German surrender ultimatum, &qu...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS279 - MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS
Alexander Autographs
(1880 - 1964) American general and Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific in World War II, accepted the surrender of Japan and was later dismissed b
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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VON RICHTOFEN, MANFRED280 - VON RICHTOFEN, MANFRED
Alexander Autographs
(1892 - 1918) "The Red Baron", German aviator of World War I and his country's top ace with over 80 "kills", he was shot do...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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HITLER, ADOLF281 - HITLER, ADOLF
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa a...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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HITLER, ADOLF282 - HITLER, ADOLF
Alexander Autographs
(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa a...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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ROMMEL, ERWIN J.283 - ROMMEL, ERWIN J.
Alexander Autographs
(1891 - 1944) German field marshal whose Afrika Corps threw back repeated British and American assaults in North Africa, later he defended Normandy a
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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GOEBBELS, JOSEF284 - GOEBBELS, JOSEF
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1945) Nazi Minister of Propoganda with Hitler from the earliest days, a master of manipulation of the masses who tokk his life and those of h
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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BUERKNER, LEOPOLD285 - BUERKNER, LEOPOLD
Alexander Autographs
German vice admiral, head of the Foreign Affairs and Intelligence section of the German armed forces intelligence (Abwehr), the number two man to Cana
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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KALTENBRUNNER, ERNST286 - KALTENBRUNNER, ERNST
Alexander Autographs
(1903 - 1946) Chief of the S.D. who replaced Heydrich, he was a rabid anti-Semite who greatly increased efforts to round-up Jews, and also urged the
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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WILHELM KEITEL AND ALFRED JODL287 - WILHELM KEITEL AND ALFRED JODL
Alexander Autographs
ALFRED JODL (1890 - 1946) Hitler's Chief of Operations who signed the act of military surrender, tried at Nuremburg for war crimes and executed...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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HIMMLER, HEINRICH288 - HIMMLER, HEINRICH
Alexander Autographs
(1900 - 1945) Hitler's Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination ca...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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MANTEUFFEL, HASSO VON289 - MANTEUFFEL, HASSO VON
Alexander Autographs
(1897 - 1978) Commander of the 5th. Panzer Army which spearheaded the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of January 1945. After vainly requesting more help
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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VON RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM290 - VON RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM
Alexander Autographs
(1893 - 1946) Nazi foreign minister. First of the Nurenberg defendants to hang on October 16, 1946. Rare, fine content war-date T.L.S. on Foreign Mini
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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TOJO, HIDEKI291 - TOJO, HIDEKI
Alexander Autographs
(1884 - 1948) Japanese political and military leader, as Premier he ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, remained militaristic for the entire
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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(JAPANESE WAR CRIMES TRIAL ARCHIVE)292 - (JAPANESE WAR CRIMES TRIAL ARCHIVE)
Alexander Autographs
An extraordinary archive of material pertaining to the 1946-1948 International Military Trial for the Far East, the trial of the major Japanese war cr
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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(JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS SIGNED FLG)293 - (JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS SIGNED FLG)
Alexander Autographs
Superb signed relic from the 1946 Japanese War Crimes trials held in Tokyo, a silk 16 1/4" x 11" "meatball" Japanese flag boldly...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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(RUSSIAN WAR HERO GROUPING)294 - (RUSSIAN WAR HERO GROUPING)
Alexander Autographs
Personnel file of Hero of the Soviet Union, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Matveevick Tkachenko, housed in a thick, red cloth bound file with gold lettering and a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH295 - BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH
Alexander Autographs
(1899 - 1953) Russian politician, the dreaded head of Stalin's security agency, the NKVD, who oversaw the Great Purge of 1934-38 and ordered th...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.296 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.
Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.297 - ZHUKOV, GEORGI K.
Alexander Autographs
(1896 - 1974) Soviet Field Marshall, perhaps the greatest general of World War II, he survived crushing poverty and Stalin's purges to command ...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MONOGRAMED HANDKERCHIEF298 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MONOGRAMED HANDKERCHIEF
Alexander Autographs
A neat presidential relic, a fine quality white patterned linen handkerchief measuring 17" x 16" bearing the initials "FDR" stit...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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WORLD WAR I 2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN BATTALION NATIONAL FLAG299 - WORLD WAR I 2ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN BATTALION NATIONAL FLAG
Alexander Autographs
An important and unusual World War I relic, a original U.S. issue National Flag measuring 72" x 50", made of wool bunting with applied st...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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BENTEEN, FREDERICK W.300 - BENTEEN, FREDERICK W.
Alexander Autographs
(1834 - 1898) American army officer, a captain in Custer's 7th Cavalry who was ordered by Custer to patrol an area near the Indian's villag...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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KITCHENER, HORATIO H.301 - KITCHENER, HORATIO H.
Alexander Autographs
(1850-1916) British general who invaded Sudan, annihilated al-Mahdi' s army at Omdurman, and reoccupied Khartoum. He later fought the Boers in S...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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