Auction 2 Banknotes, Books, Holocaust, Autographs, Philolithy, Art, Judaica
By Jerusalem of gold
Apr 12, 2015
Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 427:

A letter in General Allenby's handwriting, Cairo, 1916

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A letter in General Allenby's handwriting, Cairo, 1916
A two-sided letter in English sent by General Allenby during World War I, written on the official stationary of the British offices in Cairo.
In the letter, Allenby thanks a British journalist for not publishing in his article several details which had not yet been published and which could have damaged the British war efforts at this time of crisis.
General Edmund Allenby stood at the head of the British army which conquered the Land of Israel from the Turks.
Condition: Very good. A slight tear at the corner of the page.

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