Auction Date:2013 Jul 23 @ 17:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Charles W. Whittlesey typed letter signed on official Military Training Camps Association stationery. He signed the 28 July 1919 letter ''C.W. Whittlesey'' as the association's treasurer. Whittlesey was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his leadership of the doomed 308th Battalion of the 77th Infantry that famously fought to the bitter end of the Battle of the Argonne Forest in 1918. Surrounded and outnumbered, the decimated battalion rejected an offer by the German forces to surrender. Whittlesey is presumed to have committed suicide in light of his disappearance from a ship in 1921. Single page letter measures 8.5'' x 11''. Toning, creasing and chipping to edges of the fragile paper. Very good condition.
Auction Location:
11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Previewing Details:
You must register and bid on this auction through our main website: www.NateDSanders.com. Please call us at 310-440-2982 if you have any questions.
If items are shipped within California, the California sales tax of 9% is applied.
Buyer's Premiums:
From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
0.00 |
Infinite |
0% |
Additional Fees:
Shipping Details:
Shipping information will be provided on the Nate D. Sanders Auctions invoice.
You must register and bid on this auction through our main website: www.NateDSanders.com. Please call us at 310-440-2982 if you have any questions.
Payment Details:
Checks, money orders and bank transfers are accepted for payment.
You must register and bid on this auction through our main website: www.NateDSanders.com. Please call us at 310-440-2982 if you have any questions.
You must register and bid on this auction through our main website: www.NateDSanders.com. Please call us at 310-440-2982 if you have any questions.