Peaked Cap: for people who don't dare to wear a beret
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Montgomery (2)
Yes, I know there are people, like myself, who pay small fortunes for berets that they believe are worthy of that money (the worth being mostly in the mind, of course). But there are also people who pay sackfuls of money for autographed photographs, like this one of a beret wearing Field Marshal Montgomery. No idea how much it sold for, in the end...
"MONTGOMERY B. L.:(1887-1976) British Field Marshal of
World War II. Vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph depicting Montgomery in a full length pose standing in
snow and with mountains in the background. He wears a large white overcoat and
his black beret upon his head. Photograph by Villiger of Gstaad. Signed
('Montgomery of Alamein, Field Marshal') in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a
clear area at the base of the image. Some surface and corner creasing, about VG"
Daan Kolthoff is a writer, living between the hills of Wellington, New Zealand and, when not writing, meditating or walking the hills, he is usually researching, reading about or ordering berets from around the world.
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