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Lot 411:
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Description
1998 Endangered Species official Navy FDC signed Admiral Morgan Giles DSO GM OBE. Special MTB260 postmark comm. 55th Ann of the sinking of the Italian Sub Santorre Santarosa by MTB260, Jan 1943. Only 150 covers were issued. Royal Navy Covers FDC series 2, number 1. Admiral Sir Morgan-Giles aval officer highly decorated in the war and went on to become a colourful Conservative MP for Winchester. He was mentioned in despatches four times and, in September 1941, awarded the George Medal for “gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty” during bomb and mine disposal work while serving at HMS Nile, the naval base at Ras el-Tin Point, Alexandria. At the end of a war during which he was recruited by Fitzroy MacLean to run arms to Tito’s partisans in Yugoslavia, Morgan-Giles was awarded a DSO for “courage, outstanding leadership and devotion to duty” – notably during an attack on the Croatian island of Lussino. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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