6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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Douglas Haig, George Clemenceau and David Beatty Interest :- Three £1 Treasury Banknotes, one signed and inscribed D Haig, Paris 29 Oct. 1918, C56 No.331822, one signed D. Beatty, C56 No.331825, and with an accompanying hand written note with Grand Fleet letterhead, dated 27.10.18 "Herewith as requested one Pound note duly signed, David Beatty", and one signed G Clemenceau, C56 No.331821, and clipped to an accompanying typed letter with Le President du Conseil, Ministre de la Guerre Rèpublique Francaise letterhead, dated 21 Nov.1918 addressed to the Mayor of Huddersfield, and which roughly translates "I'm happy to send you under this cover a £1 note bearing the signature of the President of the Council which you kindly requested in favour of the Huddersfield Red Cross Committee".
Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Dec, 2023
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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