Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard (1887-1976) [and] General William Childs Westmoreland (1914-2005) [and] Typed Letters Signed.

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Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard (1887-1976) [and] General William Childs Westmoreland (1914-2005) [and] Typed Letters Signed. Montgomery's letter written 25 August 1945 from his German home in the village of Häcklingen, three months after the German surrender effected by Montgomery, on TAC Headquarters, 21 Army Group, B.L.A. writing paper, to extending an invitation to artist Frances [Frank] O. Salisbury (1874-1962),who had painted a portrait of Montgomery's father, to Germany to have a portrait of himself painted; hand dated, addressed, and signed by Montgomery; Salisbury accepted the commission and painted a portrait of Montgomery standing before a map of Europe and pointing to the location of the D-Day landings, 8 x 6 1/4 in. [and] Westmoreland's typed letter signed 12 October 1953, on a single leaf of Airborne Regimental Combat Team letterhead, to Captain L.A. Des Pland of North Carolina, sending thanks for the gift of a notebook, mentioning a transfer to the Pentagon, and suggesting a possible visit, folded, with the original typed envelope. (2)
Estimate $200-300


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