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Auction: 12044 - The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal Charity Auction
Lot: 50

Two Portrait Photographs, of Lord and Lady Mountbatten of BurmaTwo black and white photographs, each 220mm x 170mm, of Lord and Lady Mountbatten of Burma, the mounts signed ´Mountbatten of Burma´ and ´Edwina Mountbatten of Burma´ respectively, the latter additionally dated ´1948´, Lord Mountbatten in full Viceregal insignia wearing the Collar, Badge, and Mantle Star of the Star of India, and the Stars of the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Star of India, the Order of the Indian Empire, and the Royal Victorian Order; Lady Mountbatten in evening dress wearing the sash, Badge, and Star of the Order of the British Empire, and the Badges of the Crown of India and the Royal Victorian Order on bow ribands, both in frames with gold-tooled personal cyphers at the top, together with a letter addressed to Air Vice Marshal A. Gray from Lord Mountbatten, dated 26.11.1947, thanking him and Miss Gray ´for putting us up on our way back from India. It was great fun seeing you again and having a chance to gossip over the old Burma days´, and signed ´Mountbatten of Burma´ (2)

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