Lot 1078
Marshal Henri Phillipe Petain (1856-1951), French military hero of World War I, became Premier of the Vichy government of France, trying to crush the French underground; convicted of treason after the war but DeGaulle had his death sentence commuted.
Signed photo dated 1929 and signature on card, plus a signature of his wife Annie on a card, signed in 1947 while living in exile; also includes a sheet of 25 French propaganda forgeries of a stamp picturing Petain with Hitler peering over his shoulder and two propaganda booklets attempting to show Petain and the Nazis in a good light.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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