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FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN (BERNARD MONTGOMERY) - CHECK DOUBLE ENDORSED 09/08/1971 - HFSID 217576

Partly Printed Check endorsed: "B.L. Montgomery" and "Montgomery of Alamein/F.M." on verso, signed "Ralph S. Delligatti", 6x2¾. Las Vegas, Nevada, 1971 September 8. Drawn on the Valley Bank of Nevada, payable to B.L. Montgomery for $3.00.

Sale Price $595.00

Reg. $700.00

Condition: Lightly creased, otherwise fine condition
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BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY, MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN. Partly Printed Check endorsed: "B.L. Montgomery" and "Montgomery of Alamein/F.M." on verso, signed "Ralph S. Delligatti", 6x2¾. Las Vegas, Nevada, 1971 September 8. Drawn on the Valley Bank of Nevada, payable to B.L. Montgomery for $3.00. Bank stampings touch both signatures on verso, with adequate contrast. Fold touches "on" of Montgomery in 1 signature. Accompanied by a 5½x3¾ stamped envelope addressed by Montgomery to Delligatti, two 9-pence British stamps depicting Queen Elizabeth II affixed, postmarked Alton, March 30, 1971. Lightly creased and soiled. Fine condition. General Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) launched an attack on Rommel's forces at El Alamein in northern Egypt on October 23, 1942. When their lines broke, he pursued the German troops into Libya and beyond. Montgomery was the first Allied general to inflict a decisive defeat on a German army. On November 10, 1942, Montgomery was knighted and promoted to full General. In January 1944, he returned to Britain to lead the land forces under the command of General Eisenhower in the Normandy landing. In 1946, Montgomery was created 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Two items.

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