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General Tomoyuki Yamashita Signed Five Peso Note

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General Tomoyuki Yamashita Signed Five Peso Note
<B>Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita 1945 Autograph,</B></I> on Five Peso note issued by the Japanese Government for the Philippine Islands. The note is mounted at a single margin to a typed explanatory letter, one page, Arlington, Virginia, November 20, 1951 signed in type by retired Major George W. Vandever. The body reads, "<I>I am enclosing herewith a five pesos Japanese Government Invasion note for the Phillipine </B></I> <I>sic</B></I> <I> Islands, initialed and signed by General Tomoyuki Yamashita of the Japanese Army, better known as the 'Tiger of Malaya'. This autograph was made by General Yamashita while he was a prisoner of war awaiting trial for war crimes in the Phillipines. </B></I> <I>sic</B></I> " Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)