AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Dec 3, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 1120:
PATTON GEORGE S.: (1885-1945) American General of World War II. An attractive signed envelope issued to commemorate ...
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Sold for: €480
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500
Estimated price :
€500 - €600
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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PATTON GEORGE S.: (1885-1945) American General of World War II. An attractive signed envelope issued to commemorate the Attackers of Westwall and featuring a head and shoulders profile image of Patton wearing his helmet, addressed to Herbert Dessert at Fall River, Massachusetts, and postmarked with the U.S. Army Postal Service on 16th March 1945. Signed by Patton in bold, dark fountain pen ink 'HQ 3 Army, Censored, G S Patton Jr'. Some light staining to the verso, otherwise VG The Siegfried Line, known in German as Westwall, was a German defensive line built in the 1930s. From September 1944 to March 1945 the Siegfried Line was subjected to a large-scale Allied offensive. When asked about the Siegfried Line, Patton reportedly said ''Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity''.
