23rd Jun, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST

Antiques & Interiors

 
Lot 215
 

215

An Interesting En Clair Telegram from The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to Winston Churchill, received by Army Signals 28.1.45, and with Foreign Affairs to Greece acceptance stamp. The telegram reads "PLEASE ACCEPT AND CONVEY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF BRITAIN THE HEARTFELT WISHES OF THE ROYAL HELLENIC GOVERNMENT AND MYSELF FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND VICTORIOUS NEW-YEAR. THE PEOPLE OF GREECE WHOSE DEARLY WON LIBERTIES ARE SO CRUELLY THREATENED AT PRESENT LOOK UPON THEIR BRITISH ALLIES AND THEIR GREAT LEADER AS THE CHAMPIONS OF A FREEDOM WHICH SHOULD REMAIN THE UNDISPUTED RIGHT OF THE WHOLE NATION. THE GREEK PEOPLE MOURNS IN GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION FOR THE GALLANT BRITISH OFFICERS AND MEN WHO ARE NOW GIVING THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAME CAUSE OF THE LIBERTY OF GREECE WHICH YOUR HEROIC ARMIES DEFENDED HERE THREE YEARS AGO AND HOPE THAT THEY SHALL SOON BE FREE TO RESUME AT YOUR SIDE THE STRUGGLE AGAINST OUR COMMON ENEMIES", countersigned

Sold for £40
Estimated at £50 - £80


 

Auction: Antiques & Interiors, 23rd Jun, 2023

This Antiques and Interiors Sales is led by a specialist section of silver and objects of vertu, comprising over 100 lots. Also included is a group of Tim ‘Frogman’ Cotterill enamelled bronzes, jewellery, ceramics, paintings, furniture and more.

 

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Tuesday 20th June - Wednesday 21st June 10am-4pm, Thursday 22nd June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am

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