AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION
By International Autograph Auctions
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Jul 13, 2022
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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Sold for: €180
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Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
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MONTGOMERY B. L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Vintage signed 6 x 4 photograph, the image depicting Montgomery seated outdoors in a relaxed pose accompanied by six other gentlemen and a young boy, most likely Lucien Trueb, who is seated directly next to the Field Marshal. Photograph by Villiger of Gstaad and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed ('Montgomery of Alamein, Field Marshal') by Montgomery in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image. A couple of very slight, minor corner creases, about VG
Lucien Trueb (1934- ) Swiss science writer who, as a twelve year old boy in 1946, met Montgomery in Switzerland and went on to maintain a close relationship with the Field Marshal.
