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65 ELIZABETH II. Royal military commission, appointing William Thomas Frank Bowden second lieutenant in the Land Forces. 6 October 1953 Signed by the queen at the head (“Elizabeth R”) in the year of her coronation, appointing a second lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Unusually, the original mailing tube is preserved, labelled for the recipient “on Her Majesty’s service”. Commission with Elizabeth II’s royal crest blindstamp over wax, broadside (403 × 329 mm), on thick paper with Elizabeth’s crowned “E II R” watermark, signed by Queen Elizabeth and counter signed by two officials at foot, verso with name and title of recipient. Housed in original card mailing tube, sometime reinforced with tape at ends. Lightly spotted with some handling creasing; still in very good condition. £1,500 [151263] 66 ERWITT, Elliott. Snaps. Introduction by Murray Sayle. Text by Charles Flowers. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2001
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