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Auction: 341 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1162

Mountbatten, Louis, First Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979). Royal naval officer and statesman, uncle of Prince Philip, Supreme Allied Commander-Southeast Asia Command in WWII, first Governor General of independent India, first Sea Lord (1954-1959), assassinated by Provisional IRA in Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo. Autograph Letter Signed "Mountbatten of Burma A.F." One page, 6 x 8 ¼", Chief of Defense Staff, Ministry of Defense letterhead, London 30th August 1960. Brief letter in his hand complying with an autograph request. Light toning and soiling, otherwise Fine, also, postcard showing Mountbatten and his dog Kimberly, and his Broadlands estate.


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