Sale 320


 
Lot 1105

Mark W. Clark (1896-1984), U.S. General, commander of the 5th Army and by the end of the war, commander of the Allied forces in Italy.

Three autographs: an Autograph Letter Signed, 28 April 1945 on Headquarters, 15th Army letterhead describing the final days of the war in Italy; also Clark's signature across a Brazilian stamp honoring Brazil's Expeditionary Force and Clark's 5th Army, who had fought together in Italy; a free-frank signature on a post-war cover dated 31 Aug 1946 from Headquarters U.S. Forces in Austria (not shown); also signed carte-de-visite of General Siegfried Westphal, Chief of Staff of German Field Marshal Kesselring, who agreed with Kesselring that the Allied campaign in Italy could have succeeded much earlier had Clark taken quicker advantage of his military superiority in the region.
Estimate 300 - 400

 
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