Lot 3552

Description

Montgomery, Bernard, Field Marshall and 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, card signed Montgomery of Alamein F.M., mounted on board below a wartime, in the field photograph. Good very fine.

Field Marshall Sir Bernard Montgomery, nicknamed Monty, commanded the 8th Army from August 1942 in the Western Desert until the final allied victory in Tunisia including the historic Battle of El Alamein where his decisive victory was a major turning point in the war. He had an illustrious military career during and post war.