FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976)
A BERET
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FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976)A BERET

BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD., 1942

細節
FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976)
A BERET
BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD., 1942
Bearing his General's and Royal Tank regiment badges, with worn maker's inscription to interior
來源
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery.
Dennis Castle.
Victor Croxford Collection.
Neales, Nottingham, 22/23 September 1988, lot 1551.
注意事項
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拍品專文

Field Marshal Montgomery, commander of the first major allied victory at El Alamein in 1942 and architect of the Normandy invasion.
This beret was given to a Military club whose collection was disbanded upon moving premises and subsequently given by the proprietor, Dennis Castle, to Victor Croxford, a former Prisoner of War and a collector of wartime souvenirs.
The beret was featured on BBC's Blue Peter on 21st November 1968.

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