Description: JS/43/3dThe First Arakon Campaign Signed by General Sir John HackettAt Arnhern 3 May 93 BFPS 2356 The First Arakon Campaign Personally Special Signed by General Sir John Hackett .At Arnhern in Command of the 4th Parachute Brigade. Personally Signed by General Sir John Hackett G.C.B.,CBE.,D.S.O.,M.C. when he took part in the disastrous parachute landing on Arnhem in Holland, where the Germans were waiting. On the day before the survivors of the 1st Airborne Division were pulled out of Arnhem, Hackett was severely injured internally by a shell splinter. He was taken to a German military hospital and operated on by a captured Allied surgeon, but was regarded as a hopeless case and marked down for kindly hypodermic euthanasia.On the first day he sat up to eat, a member of the Resistance told him that unless he could walk out in the next 15 minutes, he might not be able to get out at all. He escaped with his head in blood-soaked bandages to suggest a civilian air-raid casualty, and was hidden by a Dutch family at risk to their lives.Later, he escaped by bicycle to freedom, his skill at languages enabling him to pass challenges from guards en route. Enclosed detailed inserts cards. Certified Copy No 61 of 485 Field Marshal & 6 Generals each signed the Special Covers . Total Signed by each unknown The Cover is in Very Good Condition post and Packing reduction for multiple purchasesPlease see other items and check feedback for quality of serviceAll autographed items are hand signed and 100% authentic. I have been a dealer for 25 years and until recently the owner of one of the largest Autograph auction houses in the UK. Now part retired I am selling my collection. Always interested in buying bulk collections as well. I sell TV Film autographs, Star Wars, Dr Who, James Bond, RAF covers, Great War and WW2 WWII memorabilia, Aviation, Concorde, Space, NASA collectables, Cosmonauts, Music, Politics, Historic and Royal memorabilia, Titanic, Postal History and Benham, Internetstamps, Buckingham covers, A G Bradbury and Scott Official covers and other First Day covers FDCs and Coin covers PNCs. We are always happy to combine shipping, if you use buy now and we can not send a combined shipping invoice we will refund any over payment. All orders are sent in secure packaging and dispatched promptly after payment is received. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Location: Dunoon, Argyll and Bute
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