FAMILY HEIRLOOMS OF DISTINGUISHED WWII GENERALS McAULLIFE and McNARNEY: A signature auction by Steven Crain and Associates.
Thu, Nov 3, 2022 12:00PM EDT - Thu, Nov 17, 2022 12:25PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 43
General Anthony McAuliffe and his Staff officers Autographed Photo, and various postcards relating to Bastogne
Estimate: $250 - $500
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A photo of General Anthony McAuliffe with the officers of his staff, soon after Bastogne. The photo is autographed by all the members of General McAuliffe’s staff, and was General McAuliffe’s personal photo of these men. The photo includes General H.I. Hodes, later Commander in Chief US Armed Forces in Europe and Division Commander in Korea. He was involved with peace negotiations with the North Koreans in 1952, was Commandant of the Command & General Staff College, and commanded the US 7th Army from 1954-1956. Also in the photo are eight other officers, all autographed. General McAuliffe sits in the middle of the front row, and he did not sign this photo, as it was his copy. This comes directly from General McAuliffe’s family. Also, six postcards all relating to General McAuliffe at Bastogne, including a very handsome portrait postcard; a cartoon postcard showing General McAuliffe giving a German soldier the boot out of Bastogne, with “Nuts!” at the center; two post-War postcards showing General and Mrs. McAuliffe in Bastogne; a postcard photo of “Place McAuliffe” in Bastogne sent to General McAuliffe by “Bill Shockley,” possibly William Shockley, the inventor of the transistor, and controversial eugenicist; a photo postcard of “Le Mardasson,” the Memorial to the 78,000 Americans who died in the Battle of the Bulge near Bastogne.
Provenance: Estate of General Anthony McAuliffe.
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Excellent. There is a small piece of tape on the postcard of Place McAuliffe in Bastogne.
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